Charging technologies

ABSTRACT

This disclosure enables various technologies for controlling and charging stationary and mobile devices.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS

This patent application is a continuation of a U.S. Non-Provisionalpatent application Ser. No. 16/244,840 filed on Jan. 10, 2019, which isa continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser.No. 16/118,248 filed on Aug. 30, 2018, which claims a benefit of U.S.Provisional Patent Application 62/551,782 filed on Aug. 30, 2017 and abenefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 62/610,258 filed on Dec.25, 2017, all of which are incorporated by reference herein for allpurposes.

BACKGROUND

A constraint on installing a new light fixture is hardwiring the newlight fixture. For example, within a residential home, a process ofinstalling the new light fixture, such as a recessed lamp or others,involves opening a wall, a ceiling, or a floor, internally running awire between a mains powerline and a spot where the new light fixturewill be installed, and closing the wall, the ceiling, or the floor suchthat the wall, the ceiling, or the floor are sufficiently pleasing. Thisprocess is laborious, time-consuming, dirty, expensive, dangerous, andunaesthetic, especially when the wire is made to extend between rooms orbetween floors, especially more than one room or more than one floor. Inorder to avoid opening and closing the wall, the ceiling, or the floor,some residents elect to run the wire externally on the wall, theceiling, or the floor. However, this is laborious, time-consuming,dangerous, and unaesthetic.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1a shows a diagram of an embodiment of a defined area with acontrol panel and a light fixture according to this disclosure.

FIG. 2 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a control panel according tothis disclosure.

FIG. 3 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a fixture according to thisdisclosure.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of a process for operating afixture according to this disclosure.

FIG. 5a shows a diagram of an embodiment of a light fixture according tothis disclosure.

FIG. 5b shows a diagram of a plurality of embodiments of a plurality oflight fixtures according to this disclosure.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of a process for operating afixture according to this disclosure.

FIGS. 7a-7c show a diagram of an embodiment of a device for wirelesscharging according to this disclosure.

FIGS. 8a-8c show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of car seats for a plurality of children according tothis disclosure.

FIGS. 9a-9b show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of clocks according to this disclosure.

FIG. 10 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a parking meter according tothis disclosure.

FIG. 11 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a vending machine accordingto this disclosure.

FIGS. 12a-12b show a plurality of diagrams for a plurality ofembodiments of a plurality of virtual window systems according to thisdisclosure.

FIG. 13 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a thermoelectric generator(TEG) according to this disclosure.

FIG. 14 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a plurality of lamps and aflame, smoke, or carbon monoxide (CO) detector powered via a powersource that is wirelessly chargeable and hosted via a frame memberaccording to this disclosure according to this disclosure.

FIG. 15 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a flame, smoke, or COdetector powering a plurality of lamps according to this disclosure.

FIG. 16 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a power source that iswirelessly rechargeable and powering a plurality of lamps according tothis disclosure.

FIG. 17 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a plurality of gas dischargelamps being powered via a power source that is wirelessly chargeableaccording to this disclosure. The gas discharge lamps are configured asthe light fixture 112.

FIG. 18 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a ceiling diffuserpositioned between a plurality of gas discharge lamps according to thisdisclosure.

FIG. 19 shows a diagram of an embodiment of an integrated diagnosticwall system according to this disclosure.

FIG. 20 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a medical chair according tothis disclosure.

FIG. 21 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a wall housing hosting aplurality of emergency lamps according to this disclosure.

FIG. 22 shows a diagram of an embodiment of an indoor unit (air handleror evaporator) of a mini-split air heating or cooling system accordingto this disclosure.

FIG. 23 shows a diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioner accordingto this disclosure.

FIG. 24 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a smartboard according tothis disclosure.

FIGS. 25-27 show a plurality of embodiments of a plurality of lightbulbs according to this disclosure FIG. 28 shows a diagram of anembodiment of a toy vehicle according to this disclosure.

FIG. 29 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a bench according to thisdisclosure.

FIG. 30 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a stationary phone accordingto this disclosure.

FIG. 31 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a ground stake according tothis disclosure.

FIGS. 32a-32b show diagrams of various embodiments of extension cordsaccording to this disclosure.

FIGS. 33a-33b show diagrams of various embodiments of power stripsaccording to this disclosure.

FIG. 34a-34d show diagrams of various embodiment of wall outletsaccording to this disclosure.

FIG. 35 shows a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodiments ofAC power plugs and sockets that can be included in all embodiments ofthis disclosure according to this disclosure.

FIGS. 36a-36c show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of orthopedic boots, shoes, or casts according to thisdisclosure.

FIG. 37 shows an embodiment of a toilet having a seat with a coverdispenser according to this disclosure.

FIG. 38 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a clock arranged on a wall(or floor or ceiling) according to this disclosure.

FIG. 39 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a treadmill for measuring aposture of a foot according to this disclosure.

FIG. 40 shows a diagram of a weighing scale according to thisdisclosure.

FIGS. 41a and 41b show a diagram of an embodiment of an air fresheneraccording to this disclosure.

FIGS. 42a and 42b show a diagram of an embodiment of a vital signsdevice and a stand according to this disclosure.

FIGS. 43a-43d show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of powered vents/registers/dampers according to thisdisclosure.

FIG. 44 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a cover of a skillet or potaccording to this disclosure.

FIGS. 45a and 45b shows a plurality of embodiments of an electroniccigarette according to this disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should notbe construed as necessarily being limited to various embodimentsdisclosed herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that thisdisclosure is thorough and complete, and fully conveys various conceptsof this disclosure to skilled artisans. In addition, features describedwith respect to certain embodiments may be combined in or with variousother example embodiments in any permutational or combinatory manner.Different aspects or elements of example embodiments, as disclosedherein, may be combined in a similar manner. A term “or others,”“combination”, “combinatory,” or “combinations thereof,” as used herein,refers to all permutations and combinations of listed items precedingthat term. For example, “A, B, C, or combinations thereof” is intendedto include at least one of: A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, or ABC, and if order isimportant in a particular context, also BA, CA, CB, CBA, BCA, ACB, BAC,or CAB. Continuing with this example, expressly included arecombinations that contain repeats of one or more item or term, such asBB, AAA, AB, BBC, AAABCCCC, CBBAAA, CABABB, and so forth. Skilledartisan will understand that typically there is no limit on number ofitems or terms in any combination, unless otherwise apparent from thecontext.

Various terminology used herein can imply direct or indirect, full orpartial, temporary or permanent, action or inaction. For example, whenan element is referred to as being “on,” “connected” or “coupled” toanother element, then the element can be or avoid being directly on,connected or coupled to the other element and/or intervening elementsmay be present, including indirect and or direct variants. In contrast,when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or“directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elementspresent.

Although terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describevarious elements, components, regions, layers or sections, theseelements, components, regions, layers or sections should not necessarilybe limited by such terms. These terms are only used to distinguish oneelement, component, region, layer or section from another element,component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component,region, layer, or section discussed below could be termed a secondelement, component, region, layer, or section without departing from theteachings of this disclosure.

Various terminology used herein is for describing particular embodimentsonly and is not intended to be necessarily limiting of this disclosure.As used herein, a singular form of “a,” “an” and “the” are intended toinclude plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicatesotherwise. For example, a term “a” or “an” shall mean “one or more,”even though a phrase “one or more” is also used herein. Terms“comprises,” “includes” or “comprising,” “including” when used in thisspecification, specify a presence of stated features, integers, steps,operations, elements, or components, but do not preclude a presence oraddition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations,elements, components, and/or groups thereof. Furthermore, when thisdisclosure states that something is “based on” something else, then suchstatement refers to a basis which may be based on one or more otherthings as well. In other words, unless expressly indicated otherwise, asused herein “based on” inclusively means “based at least in part on” or“based at least partially on.”

Embodiments of this disclosure are described herein with reference toillustrations of idealized embodiments (and intermediate structures) ofthis disclosure. As such, variations from the shapes of theillustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniquesand/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, the embodiments of thisdisclosure should not be construed as necessarily limited to theparticular shapes of regions illustrated herein, but are to includedeviations in shapes that result, for example, from manufacturing.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. Theterms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should beinterpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning inthe context of the relevant art and should not be interpreted in anidealized and/or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Furthermore, relative terms such as “below,” “lower,” “above,” and“upper” may be used herein to describe one element's relationship toanother element as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Suchrelative terms are intended to encompass different orientations ofillustrated technologies in addition to the orientation depicted in theaccompanying drawings. For example, if a device in the accompanyingdrawings were turned over, then the elements described as being on the“lower” side of other elements would then be oriented on “upper” sidesof the other elements. Similarly, if the device in one of the figureswere turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” otherelements would then be oriented “above” the other elements. Therefore,the example terms “below” and “lower” can encompass both an orientationof above and below.

As used herein, words of approximation such as, without limitation,“about,” “substantial” or “substantially” refers to a condition thatwhen so modified is understood to not necessarily be absolute or perfectbut would be considered close enough to those of ordinary skill in theart to warrant designating the condition as being present. The extent towhich the description may vary will depend on how great a change can beor avoid being instituted and still have one of ordinary skilled in theart recognize the modified feature as still having the requiredcharacteristics and capabilities of the unmodified feature. In general,but subject to the preceding discussion, the term “about,”“substantial,” and/or “substantially” refers to an up to and including a+/−15% variation from the nominal value/term. Such variation is alwaysincluded in any given value/term provided herein, whether or not suchvariation is specifically referred thereto.

All elements, as disclosed herein, can be or avoid being formed from asame, structurally continuous piece, such as being unitary, or beseparately manufactured or connected, such as being an assembly ormodules. All elements, as disclosed herein, can be or avoid beingmanufactured via any manufacturing processes, whether or not additivemanufacturing, subtractive manufacturing, and/or other any other typesof manufacturing. For example, some manufacturing processes includethree-dimensional (3D) printing, laser cutting, computer numericalcontrol (CNC) routing, milling, pressing, stamping, vacuum forming,hydroforming, injection molding, lithography, chiseling, and so forth.

All elements, as disclosed herein, can be or avoid being a part of, are,or include, whether or not partially or fully, a solid, including ametal, a mineral, an amorphous material, a ceramic, a glass ceramic, anorganic solid, such as wood or a polymer, such as rubber, a compositematerial, a semiconductor, a nanomaterial, a biomaterial, a shape memorymaterial (e.g. metal, plastic), a fabric (e.g. interweaved circuitry), aleather, a silicone, a rubber, a piezoelectric material, a hook-and-loopinterface (hook surface or loop surface) with interweaved circuitry(hook interface, loop interface, when hook surface and loop surfaceengage each other and thereby create an electrical circuit), or anycombinations thereof. All elements, as disclosed herein, can be or avoidbeing a part of, are, or include, whether or not partially or fully, acoating, including an informational coating, such as ink, an adhesivecoating, a melt-adhesive coating, such as vacuum seal and/or heat seal,a release coating, such as tape liner, a low surface energy coating, anoptical coating, such as for tint, color, hue, saturation, tone, shade,transparency, translucency, non-transparency, non-translucency,opaqueness, luminescence, reflection, anti-reflection and/or holography,a photosensitive coating, an electronic or thermal property coating,such as for passivity, insulation, resistance or conduction, a magneticcoating, a water-resistant or waterproof coating, a scent coating or anycombinations thereof. All elements, as disclosed herein, can be or avoidbeing rigid, flexible, elastic, resilient, shape memory, or any othercombinations thereof. All elements, as disclosed herein, can be or avoidbeing identical or different from each other in material, shape, size,color, or any measurable dimension, such as length, width, height,depth, area, orientation, perimeter, volume, breadth, density,temperature, resistance, and so forth.

Hereby, all issued patents, published patent applications, andnon-patent publications that are mentioned or referred to in thisspecification are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety forall purposes, to a same extent as if each individual issued patent,published patent application, or non-patent publication werespecifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.To be even more clear, all incorporations by reference specificallyinclude those incorporated publications as if those specificpublications are copied and pasted herein as if originally included inthis disclosure for all purposes of this disclosure. Therefore, anyreference to something being disclosed herein includes all subjectmatter incorporated by reference as explained above. However, if anydisclosures are incorporated herein by reference and such disclosuresconflict in part or in whole with this disclosure, then to an extent ofthe conflict or broader disclosure or broader definition of terms, thisdisclosure controls. If such disclosures conflict in part or in wholewith one another, then to an extent of conflict, the later-dateddisclosure controls.

FIG. 1 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a defined area including acontrol panel and a light fixture according to this disclosure. FIG. 2shows a diagram of an embodiment of a control panel according to thisdisclosure. FIG. 3 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a light fixtureaccording to this disclosure. FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of an embodimentof a process for using a fixture according to this disclosure. FIG. 5shows a diagram of an embodiment of a light fixture according to thisdisclosure. In particular, a defined area 100 includes a plurality ofwalls 102, 104, a ceiling 106, and a floor 108. The defined area 100includes a system including a control panel 110 hosted via the wall 102and a light fixture 112 (or any other load device otherwise disclosedherein) hosted via the ceiling 106. Resultantly, the control panel 110can wirelessly control and wirelessly charge the light fixture 112.Additionally, the control panel 110 or the light fixture 112 can operateas a node (e.g. wireless signal hotspot, wireless signal broadcaster,wireless signal rebroadcaster, wireless signal repeater, or wirelesssignal range extender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices). Also, the control panel 110or the light fixture 112 can operate as a node (e.g. wireless signalhotspot, wireless signal broadcaster, wireless signal rebroadcaster,wireless signal repeater, or wireless signal range extender) in awireless control mesh network (e.g. control other mobile devices orstationary devices). Note that star or tree networks are possible aswell.

The defined area 100 can be or avoid being open-shaped (e.g. U-shape,C-shape, V-shape, L-shape, S-shape, M-shape, N-shape, Z-shape, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof) or closed-shaped (e.g.D-shape, O-shape, B-shape, O-shaped, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof) along any dimension (e.g.2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, or others including any combinationsthereof) or plane (e.g. horizontal, vertical, diagonal or any othersincluding any permutations thereof), whether or not symmetrically-shapedor asymmetrically shaped or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof, whether or not indoors, outdoors, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof, whether or not in aresidential setting, a commercial setting, an industrial setting, amedical setting, a military or law enforcement setting, a governmentsetting, or others including any permutational combinations thereof. Forexample, the defined area 100 can be or avoid being cuboid-shaped,spherical-shaped, cube-shaped, pyramid-shaped, cone-shaped,polygon-shaped, cylinder-shaped, prism-shaped, trapezoidal-prism shaped,symmetrical-shaped, asymmetrical-shaped, closed-shape, open-shape, orothers including any permutational combinations thereof.

The defined area 100 can be stationary or mobile, whether or not anyoperations thereof or any components thereof are tracked via ablockchain local to or remote from the defined area 100. For example,when stationary, the defined area 100 can avoid or include or beembodied as or be a component of a dining room, a living room, abathroom, a shower room, a hallway, a sunroom, a kitchen, a den, acorridor, a crawl space, a library, an office, a mailroom, a lobby, anairport hangar, an airport wing or branch or main building or trunkbuilding, a transportation or logistics hub, a bus terminal, a trainterminal, a train or subway depot, a boiler room, a plumbing room, alaundromat, a dry cleaning room, a storage room, a closet, a utilityroom, a dance room or disco, a swimming pool, a basketball or hockey orvolleyball court, a baseball field, a tennis court, a basement, agarage, a tent, an opera house, a bank branch (e.g. with or without adrive-through or any others including any permutational combinationsthereof), a funeral home or crematorium, a catering hall (e.g. birthdaysor wedding or parties or others including any permutational variationsthereof), a booth (e.g. a marketing booth, a commercial booth, a foodservice booth or others including any permutational variations thereof),a vault (e.g. in a bank building or a government building or acommercial building or others including any permutational combinationsthereof), a lockbox, a warehouse, a shopping mall, a retail store, asupermarket, a medical procedure room (e.g. operating, imaging,inspection, diagnosis, therapy, monitoring, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof), a waiting room, a cleanroom, atunnel, a laboratory, a gas station, a hospital, a nursing home, astadium (e.g. soccer, rugby, or others including a permutationalcombinations thereof), a horse racing track, an ice rink, anentertainment complex, an arena, a gazebo, a pergola, a factory, asuccah, a gym, a bunkhouse, a toll booth (e.g. human operated orautomated or sensor operated or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof), a factory, an assembly or conveyor line (e.g.vehicle or appliance or others including any permutational combinationsthereof), a cave, a trench, a culvert, a tree house, a swing set, aclimbing fort or outdoor toy freestanding climbing structure or playletor clubhouse, a studio (e.g. photo, audio, image, or others includingany permutational combinations thereof), a restaurant (e.g.drive-through or sit-down or human-operated or automated orsensor-operated or others including any permutational combinationsthereof), a barn, a shed, a repair shop (e.g. land vehicles orappliances or others including any permutational combinations thereof),a police or fire station, an office building, a self-storage facility, askyscraper, a high-rise building, a multi-floor building, a videogamearcade machine, an ATM machine, a sprinkler controller, a sprinklercontrol valve box, a sprinkler head, a stationary robot (e.g. acollaborative robot, an industrial robot, a medical procedure robot, orothers including any permutational combinations thereof), a vendingmachine, a gas (e.g. air, nitrogen, hydrogen, steam, CO, carbon dioxide(CO2), hydrogen sulfide, noble gas, compressed gas, radioactive ornon-radioactive gas, or any others including any permutationalcombinations thereof) or liquid (e.g. water, beverage, alcohol, wine,spirits, crude, gasoline, ammonia, bleach, chlorine, oil, slurry, mud,or any others including any permutational combinations thereof) tank(e.g. a storage tank, a storage reservoir, an underground tank, agenerally cylindrical tank, a septic tank, a fuel tank, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof), a photobooth, awalk-in refrigerator, a physically fenced area, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof.

For example, when mobile, the defined area 100 can avoid or include orbe embodied as or be a component of a wearable for a baby, infant,toddler, teenager, adult, elderly, disabled, sick, or others includingany permutational combinations thereof, whether or not male or female,whether or not human or animal or bird or fish or pet or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof. For example, thewearable can avoid or include or be embodied as or be a component of agarment (e.g. outer or inner or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof), a jacket, an apron, a vest, a shirt, a pair ofpants, a pair of shorts, a tie (e.g. elongated or bow or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof), an undershirt, anunderwear, a diaper (e.g. baby or adult or others including anypermutational combinations thereof), a pajama set, a sock, a belt, awinter jacket, a fleece, a hoodie, a sweatshirt, a uniform (e.g. sportsor military or airline or law enforcement or commercial service provideror others including any permutational combinations thereof), a sweater,a vest or inflatable life vest or bulletproof vest or flak jacket, ashoe, a dress shoe, a boot, a sneaker, a medical shoe, a glove (e.g.with fingers or fingerless or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof), a mitten, a skullcap, a hat or helmet (e.g.sports or military or industrial or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof), a baseball hat, a winter hat, a beret, a swimmingcap, a swimming fin, a scuba suit, a belt, a sleeping bag, a jewelryitem (e.g. ring, bracelet, anklet, necklace, brooche, pin, earring,medal, or others including any permutational combinations thereof), ahazmat suit, an eyewear frame, a hearing aid, a roller blade or skate, ahair accessory (e.g. pin, clip, bow, wig, headband, or others includingany permutational combinations thereof), a medical device (e.g. forforecasting medical condition or disease, for diagnosing medicalcondition or disease, for treating medical condition or disease, formonitoring medical condition or disease, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof), or others including anypermutational combinations thereof.

For example, when mobile, the defined area 100 can avoid or include orbe embodied as or be a component of a land vehicle, an aerial vehicle, amarine vehicle, a space vehicle, a mobile robot, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof, whether or not manned or unmanned.For example, the land vehicle can avoid or include or be embodied as orbe a component of a car, a jeep, a van, a bus (e.g. a single floor ormulti-floor bus, a double decker, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof), a tractor, an armored car, a tank or armoredvehicle with or without continuous tracks, a truck (e.g. light, medium,or heavy or others including any permutational combinations thereof), amini truck, a skateboard, a scooter, a minivan, a panel truck, a servicetruck, a street sweeper, a box truck, a flatbed truck, a mobile crane, aplatform truck, a stroller, a bicycle, a motorhome, a cement mixertruck, a towing truck, a hauling truck, a pickup truck, a packagedelivery truck, a monster truck, a dump truck, a low boy trailer, atrailer, a semi-trailer, a tractor-trailer, a garbage truck, a logcarrier, a refrigerator truck, a tank truck, a ballast tractor, a heavyhauler, a haul truck, a motorcycle, a bicycle, a shopping cart, awheelchair (e.g. motorized or non-motorized or others including anypermutational combinations thereof), an ambulance, a police car, a firetruck, a locomotive, a steam engine, a passenger, transport, utility, ortanker rail car, a passenger, transport, or utility subway rail car, ahigh speed train, a funicular, a cable car, a tram, a trolleybus, aconstruction crane, a seaport crane, a heavy equipment machine, apedestrian escalator assembly, a conveyor assembly, a rickshaw, a buggyor horse-drawn cart, a vacuum cleaner (e.g. unmanned or manned or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof), or others includingany permutational combinations thereof.

For example, the heavy equipment machine can avoid or include or beembodied as or be a component of a track-type unit, a grader unit, askid steer loader unit, an excavator unit, a backhoe or backhoe loaderunit, a timber unit, a pipe layer or pipe layer side-boom unit, ascraper unit, a mining unit, an articulating unit, a compactor unit, aloader unit, a material handler unit, a paving unit, an undergroundunit, a hydromatic tool unit, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof. For example, the track-type unit can avoid orinclude or be embodied as or be a component of an agricultural tractor,a bulldozer, a snowcat, a track skidder, a track-type tractor (e.g.bulldozer or others including any permutational combinations thereof), atractor, a military engineering vehicle, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof. For example, the excavator unit canavoid or include or be embodied as or be a component of an amphibiousexcavator, a compact excavator, a dragline excavator, a dredging unit, abucket-wheel excavator, a excavator (e.g. digger or others including anypermutational combinations thereof), a front shovel, a long reachexcavator, a power shovel, a reclaimer, a steam shovel, a suctionexcavator, a walking excavator, a trencher (e.g. machine or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof), a yarder, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof. For example, thetimber unit can avoid or include or be embodied as or be a component ofa feller buncher, a harvester, a skidder, a track harvester, a wheelforwarder, a wheel skidder, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof. For example, the scraper unit can avoid or includeor be embodied as or be a component of a fresno scraper, a scraper, awheel tractor-scraper, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof. For example, the mining unit can avoid or includeor be embodied as or be a component of a construction and mining tractoror truck or others including any permutational combinations thereof. Forexample, the articulating unit can avoid or include or be embodied as orbe a component of an articulated hauler or truck or others including anypermutational combinations thereof. For example, the compactor unit canavoid or include or be embodied as or be a component of a wheel dozer, asoil compactor, a soil stabilizer, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof. For example, the loader unit can avoid or includeor be embodied as or be a component of a loader, a skip loader, a wheelloader (e.g. front loader, integrated tool carrier, or others includingany permutational combinations thereof), a tracker loader, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof. For example, thematerial handler unit can avoid or include or be embodied as or be acomponent of an aerial work platform or lift table, a cherry picker(e.g. with bucket or others including any permutational combinationsthereof), a crane, a forklift, a knuckle boom loader (e.g. trailer mountor others including any permutational combinations thereof), a straddlecarrier, a reach stacker, a telescopic handler, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof. For example, the paving unit canavoid or include or be embodied as or be a component of an asphaltpaver, an asphalt planter, a cold planer, a cure rig, a paver, apavement milling, a pneumatic tire compactor, a roller (e.g. road rolleror roller compactor or others including any permutational combinationsthereof), a slip form paver, a vibratory compactor, a compactor, orothers including any permutational combinations thereof. For example,the underground unit can avoid or include or be embodied as or be acomponent of a road header, a tunnel boring machine, an undergroundmining equipment, or others including any permutational combinationsthereof. For example, the hydromatic tool unit can avoid or include orbe embodied as or be a component of a ballast tamper, a drillingmachine, a pile driver, a rotary tiller (e.g. rototiller or rotovator orothers including any permutational combinations thereof), or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof.

For example, the mobile robot (e.g. an automated guided vehicle orothers including any permutational combinations thereof) can include avacuum cleaner or floor washer robot, a wall climbing robot, a walkingor running robot, a multipedal robot (e.g. tri-pedal, quad-pedal, orothers including any permutational combinations thereof), a telepresencerobot, a scissor lift or wall climbing robot, whether with or without asensor-guided (e.g. via barcode, quick response (QR) code, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof) suction cup (e.g.motorized to suction out air or not motorized) or electromagnet orgripper arm coupled to a platform in order to pick up a container or boxor tote along a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal plane, a windowcleaning robot, or others including any permutational combinationsthereof. For example, the mobile robot can include a robot floorscrubber (e.g. Auto-C from Brain Corp. powered by Brain operating system(OS)) hosting a plurality of sensors, as disclosed herein. The robotfloor scrubber can autonomously navigate based on the sensors to scanits surroundings for obstacles.

For example, the defined area 100 can avoid or include or be embodied asor be a component of a container, which can food-grade or non-foodgrade, or others including any permutational combinations thereof. Forexample, the container, when food-grade, can avoid or include or beembodied as or be a component of a plate, a pot, a skillet, a pan, atray, a spoon, a fork, a knife, a cup, a glass, a bottle, a pacifier, asucking toy, a cooking appliance, a coffeemaker or coffee brewer, a slowcooker, a mixer, a blender, a toaster, a toaster oven, a seltzer orcarbonated or sparkling water maker, a pitcher or bottle with or withouta filter, a spout-mounted filter, a bread maker, a deep fryer, a foodprocessor, a cannabis smoking device, a hookah, a cigarette box, aplanter or flowerpot, a microwave, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof, whether or not with or without a thermalinsulation, whether or not with or without a motor, a heating element,an actuator, a sensor, a solenoid valve, a valve, a sensor, a mixer, apump, or others including any permutational combinations thereof. Forexample, the container can contain a substance associated with a sale bydate (e.g. perishables, liquid, milk, juice, paint, glue) or anexpiration date (e.g. perishables, liquid, milk, juice, paint, glue).The container can host a battery and a sensor powered via the battery.The sensor can be configured to track the sale by date or the expirationdate relative to current date. For example, the container, whennon-food-grade, can avoid or include or be embodied as or be a componentof a baby wipe container, a trash can, a soap or shampoo or toothpasteor shaving cream or oil or mouthwash or pre-rinse or sunscreendispenser, a cleaning liquid or spray or detergent dispenser, a paintcan, a gasoline can, a planter or flowerpot, an intermodal container(e.g. walls, floor, room, object inside), or others including anypermutational combinations thereof, whether or not with or without amotor, a heating element, an actuator, a sensor, a solenoid valve, avalve, a sensor, a mixer, a pump, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof, whether or not with or without a thermalinsulation.

The defined area 100 is defined via a plurality of walls 102, 104, aceiling 106, and a floor 108. At least two of at least one of the walls102, 104, the ceiling 106, or the floor 108 can be or avoid beingstructurally similar or dissimilar or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof. For example, such similarity or dissimilarity canmanifest itself via length, width, thickness, area, volume, density,buoyancy, material, coatings, thermal property, electrical property, orothers including any permutational combinations thereof. For example, atleast two of at least one of the walls 102, 104, the ceiling 106, or thefloor 108 can avoid or include plastic, metal or alloy (e.g. copper,aluminum, iron, steel, gold, silver, brass, nickel, bronze, nitinol,carbide, or others including any permutational combinations thereof),wood or composite, rubber, gypsum, stones, drywall, carpet, paper,textile, cement, plaster, tiles, foam, concrete, human or animal or fishtissue, terracotta, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), chlorinated polyvinylchloride (CPVC), cross-linked polyethylene (PEX), cast iron, cotton,linen, silk, leather, cardboard, paper, carbon fiber, recycled material(e.g. plastic, glass, metal, paper, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof), fabric, fabric with interweaved,hook-and-loop (hook or loop), or braided circuitry (e.g. metal, alloy,shape memory material, carbon fiber), shape memory material (e.g. alloy,plastic, nitinol), ceramic, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof, whether or not rigid or flexible or elastic orresilient, whether or not solid or perforated, whether or not thermallyinsulating or electrically insulating, or others including anypermutational combinations thereof.

The walls 102, 104 oppose or face each other, but non-opposing ornon-facing configuration is possible, such positioned along a same sideor others. The ceiling 106 and the floor 108 oppose or face each other,but non-opposing or non-facing configuration is possible, such aspositioned offset from each other or others. For example, the walls 102,104, the ceiling 106, and the floor 108 can define the defined area 100.However, other configurations of defining the defined area 100 arepossible, such as when at least one of these components is absent, suchas only one wall 102 or 104 or no walls 102, 104 or no ceiling 106 or nofloor 108 or others, or when more than two walls 102, 104 are present ormore than one ceiling 106 or floor 108 is present, whether or not infront or behind or offset from that respective component or othercomponents.

The defined area 100 can avoid or include or be embodied as or be acomponent of a control panel 110 (or any other load device or componentthereof as disclosed herein) and a light fixture 112 (or any other loaddevice or component thereof as disclosed herein). The control panel 110can have its own light fixture (or any other load device or componentthereof as disclosed herein) or the light fixture 112 can have its owncontrol panel (or any other load device or component thereof asdisclosed herein). Although the control panel 110 and the light fixture112 are distinct devices, the control panel 110 and the light fixture112 can be a same device, such as via sharing a platform, a chassis, ahousing, an enclosure, a case, a frame, a box, a beam, a bar, a chain, arope, a cable, a fabric, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof, whether internally or externally. For example, thecontrol panel 110 and the light fixture 112 can be the same device viathe control panel 110 hosting the light fixture 112, the light fixture112 hosting the control panel 110, or the control panel 110 and thelight fixture 112 being hosted via or being components of anintermediary device, such as a platform, a chassis, a housing, anenclosure, a case, a frame, a box, a beam, a bar, a chain, a rope, acable, a fabric, or others including any permutational combinationsthereof. The control panel 110 and the light fixture 112 are exposed toeach other or face each other or oppose each other or in line-of-sightof each other or others including any permutational combinationsthereof. However, other configurations are possible, such as when thecontrol panel 110 and the light fixture 112 are not exposed to eachother or do not face each other or do not oppose each other or not inline-of-sight of each other or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof.

The control panel 110 is configured for installation, mounting,securing, suspension, fastening, mating, interlocking, adhering,suctioning, magnetizing, tying, or placement into or onto the ceiling106, the walls 102 or 104, or the floor 108, whether indoors oroutdoors, whether in a dry, humid, or moist environment, inclusive viaan intermediary device, such as via a bracket, a hook, a box, a case, anencasement, a casing, a smartphone or tablet, a vehicle, an enclosure, ahousing, a cabinet, a display, a speaker, a frame, a chassis, aplatform, a board, a cable, a rope, a wearable, a chain, a thermostat, afabric, or others. For example, such installation or placement ormounting or affixing or securing can be or avoid being via anintermediary device, which can be or avoid being positionedtherebetween, such as an accessory, a bracket, a housing, a frame, anenclosure, a box, a chassis, a platform, a fastener, a male/femalemater, an interlocking mechanism (e.g. French cleat, Lego-style, orothers including any permutational combinations thereof), a nail, ahook, a bolt, an adhesive sticker, a hook-and-loop interface, a pocket,a suction cup, a magnet, an electromagnet, a cable, a chain, a rope, afabric, or others including any permutational combinations thereof.

Note that the control panel 110 can avoid or be embodied as or be acomponent of or include a corner device (e.g. pyramid shape, coneshaped, cube shape, dome shaped, cuboid shaped, hemisphere shaped, orothers) that can be positioned in a corner (e.g. wall-to-wall,wall-to-ceiling, wall-to-floor, ceiling-to-floor, or others) of thedefined area 100. The corner device can include a wireless controltransmitter 120 or 130, as disclosed herein, or a wireless powertransmitter 130 or 132, as disclosed herein, where the corner device canbe or function as an intermediary charging or control device between thecontrol panel 110 and the light fixture 112. Note that the intermediarycharging or control device does not need to be the corner device and canbe positioned anywhere other than the corner. The corner device can bepowered via a power source (e.g. mains powerline, battery, capacitor,accumulator, or others). The corner device can include a sensor, asdisclosed herein, an input device, as disclosed herein, or an outputdevice, as disclosed herein. For example, the control panel 110 cantransmit a wireless power signal or wireless control or informationsignal to the corner device, which in turn can then act on that signalreceipt. For example, the corner device can operate as an independent,master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wirelesspower signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wirelesspower signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless powersignal range extender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g.wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationary devices). Forexample, the corner device can operate as an independent, master, orslave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or informational signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. The corner device can include an infraredmirror for reflection or retransmission of the wireless power orwireless control or information signal to another device, such as thelight fixture 112, mobile devices, stationary devices, fixture devices,or others. Likewise, antenna reflectors can be used for radio basedwireless power signals, which can also adjust those signals uponreflection.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control panel 110 is installed or placed ormounted or affixed or secured on the wall 102, such as in a residentialroom of a detached residential house or others including anypermutational combinations thereof. Note that the control panel 110 canalso be suspended or hover or float near a ceiling, a wall, or a floor,whether or not indoors or outdoors, whether or not in a dry, humid,dirty, polluted, windy, underground, underwater, or moist environment orothers including any permutational combinations thereof. For example,this distance (between the ceiling, the wall, or the floor and thecontrol panel 110) can be within about 20 feet, 15 feet, 13 feet, 11feet, 10 feet, 7 feet, 5 feet, 3 feet, 1 foot, 9 inches, 7 inches, 5inches, 3 inches, 1 inch or less inclusive of any intermediate distancestherebetween. For example, the control panel 110 can be equally orunequally spaced on the wall along a vertical plane or axis, such as ⅓or ¼ or ⅕ or ½ or others, in order to assist with more efficient signaltransmission or receipt.

The control panel 110 can include, be embodied as, or a component of alight switch, a wall switch, a thermostat, a junction box, an electricalbox, a case, an encasement, a casing, a smartphone or tablet, a vehicle,an enclosure, a housing, a cabinet, a frame, a chassis, a platform, aboard, a cable, a rope, a wearable, a chain, a fabric, or others suchthat the control panel 110 can be powered via a mains powerline (e.g.110 volts, 220 volts, or others) or another power source (e.g.rechargeable battery (e.g. nickel, cadmium, lithium, zinc, alkaline,molten salt, or others), capacitor, accumulator, electric motor orothers). For example, the rechargeable battery can be cylindricalshaped, conical shaped, cuboid shaped, button cell shaped, or others.

For example, the control panel 110 can avoid or include or be embodiedas or be a component of a light switch, a junction box, an electricalbox, a case or encasement, a chassis, a platform, a frame, a faceplate,a mobile device, a housing, a vehicle, an enclosure, a wearable, a lightbulb, any load device disclosed herein, a cable, a rope, a housing witha plurality of electrical prongs or pins (e.g. two or three prongs orpins or more) configured for plugging (e.g. male/female mating or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof) into an electricalwall outlet or socket, or others such that the control panel 110 can bepowered via a mains powerline (e.g. 110 volts, 220 volts, or othersincluding any permutational combinations thereof), a battery (e.g.lithium, nickel-cadmium, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof), a capacitor, an accumulator, or others includingany permutational combinations thereof. For example, the control panel110 can be or avoid being solid, perforated, rigid, flexible, elastic,resilient, shape memory, or others including any permutationalcombinations thereof.

The control panel 110 includes a power interface 114, a controller 116electrically coupled to the power interface 114, a user interface 118electrically coupled to the controller 116, a wireless controltransceiver 120 (e.g. transmitter or receiver) electrically coupled tothe controller 116, and a wireless charging transceiver 122 (e.g.transmitter or receiver) electrically coupled to the controller 116, allof which can be housed in or supported via a housing, a platform, aframe, a case, an encasement, a casing, a chassis, an enclosure, a box,or a board, such as a printed circuit board (PCB), a breadboard, astripboard, or others. The power interface 114 is configured tointerface with a power source (e.g. a mains powerline, a battery, anaccumulator, a capacitor, or others). The power interface 114 can be oravoid being configured to modify electrical power received, such as viavoltage stepping down or voltage stepping up, converting between analternating current (AC) and a direct current (DC), change amperage, orothers.

The user interface 118 includes an input device, such as a button, aswitch, a dial, a touch or haptic display, a slider, a rocker, a lever,a touchpad, or others. For example, the user interface 118 can includesa user input device, whether mechanical or electronic. For example, theuser input device can include a rocker, a button, a dial, a slider, atouch-enabled or haptic display with an icon-based or tile-basedgraphical user interface (GUI), a physical or virtual keyboard, ahuman-machine-interface (HMI), a motion sensor, a proximity sensor, apressure sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a heat sensor, a staticelectricity sensor, a load cell, a microphone, or a camera.

The wireless control transmitter 120 (e.g. transmitter or receiver) areconfigured to transmit or receive a control or information signalwirelessly via a first wireless technique, such as via a radio wave, alight wave, a sound wave, an infrared wave or others. For example, thewireless control transceiver 130 can transmit or receive the signalwirelessly via infrared, laser, Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Z-Wave,LTE, or other technologies, whether in line-of-sight or out ofline-of-sight. For example, the wireless control transceiver 120 cantransmit or receive, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 9,401,252 and9,557,043, which are fully incorporated by reference herein for at leastthese purposes and all other purposes, as disclosed herein.

For example, the wireless control transceiver 120 is configured towirelessly transmit a signal to the light fixture 112 (or any loaddevice disclosed herein) such that the control panel 110 can operate asa remote-control device to the light fixture 112 (or any load devicedisclosed herein). For example, the signal can inform or command thelight fixture 112 (or any load device disclosed herein) to turn on, turnoff, activate, deactivate, adjust power setting, adjust input device oroutput device setting (e.g. motor, actuator, or solenoid valve), adjusttimer setting, adjust illumination (or relevant output) characteristic(e.g. dimness, brightness, color, softness, coolness, warmth, intensity,flashing, or movement), or adjust mesh network characteristic (e.g.network parameters, authorization parameters, authentication parameters,encryption parameters, node parameters, node control parameters, nodecharging parameters, data sharing parameters, quality of service (QOS)parameters, bandwidth or channel parameters, interference parameters,node activation or deactivation parameters, frequency hoppingparameters, node help parameters, node data logging parameters, nodealarm parameters, frequency/wavelength/modulation parameters, machinelearning parameters, augmented reality parameter, sensor parameters,sensor sensitivity, or blockchain parameters).

The wireless control transceiver 120 is configured to wirelessly receivea signal from the light fixture 112 (or any load device disclosedherein). The signal can enable the light fixture 112 (or any load devicedisclosed herein) to operate as a remote-control device to the controlpanel 110. For example, the signal can inform or command the controlpanel 110 (or any load device disclosed herein) to turn on, turn off,activate, deactivate, adjust power setting, adjust input device oroutput device setting, adjust timer setting, inform of power level ofthe light fixture 112 (e.g. wireless charging needed or not needed,power level satisfies or does not satisfy a dynamic or static threshold,battery power left in terms of hours or percent on current or projectedpower load being used), inform of wireless power rate being wired orwirelessly sent to or wired or wirelessly being sent from the lightfixture 112 (e.g. current wireless power receiving or transmitting rateor interference level) or adjust mesh network characteristic (e.g.network parameters, authorization parameters, authentication parameters,encryption parameters, node parameters, node control parameters, nodecharging parameters, data sharing parameters, QOS parameters, bandwidthor channel parameters, interference parameters, node activation ordeactivation parameters, frequency hopping parameters, node helpparameters, node data logging parameters, node alarm parameters,frequency/wavelength/modulation parameters, machine learning parameters,augmented reality parameter, sensor parameters, sensor sensitivity, orblockchain parameters).

The wireless charging transceiver 122 is configured to transmit afar-field wireless power signal wirelessly via a second wirelesstechnique, such as via a radio wave, a light wave, a sound wave, aninfrared laser beam, or others, whether identical to or different fromthe first wireless technique. For example, the wireless chargingtransceiver 122 can transmit the signal wirelessly via infrared, laser,Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, LTE, or other technologies, whether inline-of-sight or out of line-of-sight. For example, the wirelesscharging transceiver 122 can transmit or receive, as disclosed in UnitedStates Patent Application Publication 20170005516, United States PatentApplication 20170018976, and United States Patent ApplicationPublication US20170085127, which are fully incorporated by referenceherein for at least these purposes and all other purposes, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless charging transceiver 122 (e.g.transmitter or receiver) can be embodied as Energous WattUp technologydevice, Ossia Cota technology device, Powercast powerharvester device orpowerspot technology device, Wi-Charge technology device, or others. Forexample, when the wireless power signal includes an infrared laser beam,then a client device can include a receiver with a photovoltaic cell,which can be transparent, as disclosed herein, or be a part of or coatedonto a display of the client device.

Note that the wireless charging transceiver 122 can also be configuredfor a wireless power transfer using a near-field wireless power (e.g.inductive charging). For example, the wireless charging transceiver 122can be configured as a Qi transceiver for wireless power transfer usinginductive charging over distances of up to about 5 centimeters. In suchsituations, the transceiver 122 can be a charging pad or a compatibledevice, which is placed on top of the pad, charging via resonantinductive coupling.

The light fixture 112 is configured for installation, mounting,securing, suspension, fastening, mating, interlocking, adhering,suctioning, magnetizing, tying, or placement into or onto the ceiling106, the walls 102 or 104, or the floor 108, whether indoors oroutdoors, whether in a dry, humid, or moist environment, inclusive viaan intermediary device, such as via a bracket, a hook, a box, a case, anencasement, a casing, a smartphone or tablet, a vehicle, an enclosure, ahousing, a cabinet, a display, a speaker, a frame, a chassis, aplatform, a board, a cable, a rope, a wearable, a chain, a thermostat, afabric, or others. For example, the light fixture 112 can be embodied asa lamp, a ceiling fan, or others.

The light fixture 112 includes a battery 126, a controller 128 poweredvia the battery 126, a load 124 electrically coupled to the controller128 and powered via the battery 126, a wireless control transceiver 130(e.g. transmitter or receiver) electrically coupled to the controller128 and powered via the battery 126, and a wireless charging transceiver132 (e.g. transmitter or receiver) electrically coupled to thecontroller 128 and powered via the battery 126, some, many, most, or allof which can be housed in or supported via a housing, a frame, achassis, a box, an enclosure, a cable, or others. As shown in FIG. 5a ,the wireless control transceiver 130 and the wireless chargingtransceiver 132 are hosted via a trim of the light fixture 112. However,note that this form of hosting is illustrative and can vary, such aswhen the wireless control transceiver 130 or the wireless chargingtransceiver 132 can avoid being hosted via the trim and be hosted inanother area, such as within a can of the light fixture 112 or above theceiling 106 or on the ceiling 106 but not via the light fixture 112 orothers.

The wireless control transmitter 130 (e.g. transmitter or receiver) areconfigured to transmit or receive a control or information signalwirelessly via a first wireless technique, such as via a radio wave, alight wave, a sound wave, an infrared wave or others. For example, thewireless control transceiver 130 can transmit or receive the signalwirelessly via infrared, laser, Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Z-Wave,LTE, or other technologies, whether in line-of-sight or out ofline-of-sight. For example, the wireless control transceiver 130 cantransmit or receive, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 9,401,252 and9,557,043, which are fully incorporated by reference herein for at leastthese purposes and all other purposes, as disclosed herein.

The wireless charging transceiver 132 is configured to transmit afar-field wireless power signal wirelessly via a second wirelesstechnique, such as via a radio wave, a light wave, a sound wave, aninfrared laser beam, or others, whether identical to or different fromthe first wireless technique. For example, the wireless chargingtransceiver 132 can transmit the signal wirelessly via infrared, laser,Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, LTE, or other technologies, whether inline-of-sight or out of line-of-sight. For example, the wirelesscharging transceiver 132 can transmit or receive, as disclosed in UnitedStates Patent Application Publication 20170005516, United States PatentApplication 20170018976, and United States Patent ApplicationPublication US20170085127, which are fully incorporated by referenceherein for at least these purposes and all other purposes, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless charging transceiver 132 (e.g.transmitter or receiver) can be embodied as Energous WattUp technologydevice, Ossia Cota technology device, Powercast powerharvester device orpowerspot technology device, Wi-Charge technology device, or others. Forexample, when the wireless power signal includes an infrared laser beam,then a client device can include a receiver with a photovoltaic cell,which can be transparent, as disclosed herein, or be a part of or coatedonto a display of the client device.

Note that the wireless charging transceiver 132 can also be configuredfor a wireless power transfer using a near-field wireless power (e.g.inductive charging). For example, the wireless charging transceiver 132can be configured as a Qi transceiver for wireless power transfer usinginductive charging over distances of up to about 5 centimeters. In suchsituations, the transceiver 122 can be a charging pad or a compatibledevice, which is placed on top of the pad, charging via resonantinductive coupling.

The load 124, whether static or dynamic, can include a bulb socket, anelectrical socket, an electric motor (e.g. brushed, brushless, orothers), an actuator, a solenoid valve, a printed circuit board, aprocessor, a sensor, a display, a speaker, a transceiver, an electricalappliance, a valve, a pump, or others. Note that more than one load maybe used, whether identical to or different from each other in structure,material, shape, size, or function. For example, the light fixture 112can host a bulb socket, a motion sensor, a temperature sensor, a fanmotor, and a Wi-Fi network transceiver.

The battery 126 can be a single rechargeable battery (e.g. flat,cylindrical) or a bank of rechargeable batteries (e.g. flat,cylindrical), whether coupled serially or in parallel. Note that thesingle rechargeable battery or the bank of rechargeable batteries can behoused within a case (e.g. flat, cylindrical) or a safety enclosure(e.g. flat, cylindrical) to minimize risk of explosion or fire or topreclude physical or electric access thereto. The light fixture 112 canphysically support the battery 126 or the battery 126 is electricallycoupled to the load 124, yet not physically supported via the lightfixture 112, such as when the battery 126 is supported via a ceiling, awall, or a floor as shown in FIG. 1. The battery 126 is sufficientlylightweight to be supported via a wall, a ceiling, or a floor as shownin FIG. 1. Note that a time period that the battery 126 can power theload 124 can vary based on context and use. For example, if the load 124is a A19 socket hosting a LED bulb that draws 9 watts of power, then thebattery 126 can support the load 124 for about 24 hours of continuoususe, without the battery 126 being recharged. However, note that this isillustrative and variations, whether higher or lower, as known toskilled artisans are possible based on context and use. For example, anincandescent bulb or a halogen bulb may reduce the time period, whereasan LED bulb that draws less than 9 watts of power may increase the timeperiod. Also, note that the load 124 can be any type of electrical load,such as a socket, a sensor, an electric motor, a transceiver, areceiver, a transmitter, an input device, a processor, a memory, anoutput device, a valve, a solenoid valve, a heating element, acondenser, a pump, an amplifier, a transducer, a light source, a soundsource, a display, a filter, an entry/exit sign, or others. For example,the light source may be an infrared light source, an ultraviolet lightsource, a black light source, or others.

During operation, as shown in FIG. 4, in response to a user input viathe input device at the user interface 118 or as programmed in advance,the wireless control transceiver 120 at the control panel 110 wirelesslysends a control or information signal to the wireless controltransceiver 130 at the light fixture 112, whether in-line-of-sight orout-of-line-of sight, whether encrypted or unencrypted, such that thecontroller 128 uses the control or information signal to control theload 124, such as activate load, deactivate load, control loadcharacteristic, or others. The controller 128 periodically orintermittently or continuously monitors a charge level of the battery126, whether or not the load 124 draws power from the battery 126. Inresponse to the charge level reaching a predetermined threshold level,such as 25% remaining, 33% remaining, 50% remaining, or 66% remaining,or 80% remaining, or vice versa, or others, the controller 128 requeststhe wireless control transmitter 130 to send a power request signal tothe wireless control transceiver 120, whether in-line-of-sight orout-of-line-of sight, whether encrypted or unencrypted, i.e., informingthe controller 116 that the battery 126 needs to be recharged. However,the light fixture 112 can periodically or intermittently send the chargelevel to the control panel 110 such that the control panel 110determines whether the charge level reached the predetermined threshold.Regardless, in response, the controller 116 requests the wirelesscharging transceiver 122 to wirelessly send a wireless power signal tothe wireless charging transceiver 132, whether in-line-of-sight orout-of-line-of sight, such that the wireless power signal enablerecharging the battery 126 until the controller 128 determines that thecharge level of the battery 126 has reached a predetermined thresholdlevel, such as 90% remaining, 95% remaining, 100% remaining, or others.Then, the controller 128 requests the wireless control transceiver 130to send a halt charging signal to the wireless control transceiver 120,whether in-line-of-sight or out-of-line-of sight, i.e., informing thecontroller 116 that the battery 126 is sufficiently charged and that thewireless charging transceiver 132 should cease transmitting the wirelesspower signal.

Note that the control or information signal to control and the wirelesspower signal to charge are not or are independent of each other, i.e.,can charge the battery 126 whether the light fixture 112 isactivated/deactivated. As such, in context of a building, since thecontrol panel 110 controls the light fixture 112, while charging thelight fixture 112, any hardwiring between the control panel and thelight fixture is effectively minimized.

In some embodiments, the control panel 110 can be installed or placed orsecured into or onto, whether removably or permanently, a ceiling, awall, a floor, a furniture item, an electrical appliance, a freestandingstructure, a plumbing appliance, or others, as disclosed herein, whetherindoors or outdoors.

In some embodiments, the control panel 110 is mobile, such as includedin or with or is a mobile device that powers the control panel 110, suchas a case, a phone, a tablet, a laptop, a toy, a wearable, an eyewearunit, a medical device, a gaming device, a remote control, a vehicle,whether land, marine, or aerial, whether manned or unmanned, or others.For example, the control panel 110 includes the power interface 114 thatis configured to interface with a power source, such as a powerline, arechargeable battery, or others, such that the control panel 110 ispowered thereby. For example, the power interface 114 can include aterminal, an electrode, or others. However, as explained above, althoughthe control panel 110 is illustrated in FIG. 1, as being stationary, thecontrol panel 110 can be mobile, such as a smartphone, a tablet, awearable, a vehicle, a toy, a remote-control unit, or others. As such,the power interface 114 can be configured accordingly. For example, whenthe control panel 110 is embodied via the smartphone equipped with arechargeable battery, whether the smartphone is plugged into a wall orcomputer or vehicular outlet or not, then the power interface 114 drawsenergy from the rechargeable battery or the wall or computer orvehicular outlet. The power interface 114 can be housed in or on ahousing, a junction box, an enclosure, a phone or tablet case, a fabric,or others, or coupled to a board, such as a PCB, a breadboard, astripboard, or others.

In some embodiments, the control panel 110 is distributed among aplurality of devices, such as the wireless control transceiver 120 (e.g.transmitter or receiver) is included in a first device and the wirelesscharging transceiver 122 (e.g. transmitter or receiver) is included in asecond device, where the first device is positioned at a first locationand the second device is positioned at a second location.

In some embodiments, the light fixture 112 can be configured forinstallation, mounting, securing, suspension, fastening, mating,interlocking, adhering, suctioning, magnetizing, tying, or placement,whether removably or permanently, a ceiling, a wall, a floor, afurniture item, an electrical appliance, a freestanding structure, aplumbing appliance, or others, whether indoors or outdoors. For example,the furniture item can include the light fixture 112 or other fixturesor load devices, as disclosed herein.

In some embodiments, the light fixture 112 is included in a vehicle,whether land, marine, or aerial, whether manned or unmanned, or others.This may be beneficial because of reduced wiring complexity. In someembodiments, the light fixture 112 and the control panel 110 areconfigured to signally communicate via powerline networking (e.g.control or information signal).

In some embodiments, the light fixture 112 can include at least one of aceiling dome fixture (whether open or closed), a recessed light fixture(whether a can, a cove, or a troffer), a surface mounted fixture(whether a chandelier, a pendant fixture, a sconce fixture, a tracklighting fixture, an under cabinet fixture, a display/showcase fixture,a ceiling fan (e.g. blade, pole, core, or others), an emergency lightingsign fixture, a bay lighting fixture, or a strip light fixture), anoutdoor or landscape lighting (whether a high mast fixture, a bollardfixture, a solar lamp, a street light, a driveway or walkway light, or ayard light), an accent light, a Christmas light, a flood light, asearchlight, a strobe light, a traffic light, a theatrical light, awallwasher, a night light, or others.

In some embodiments, the control panel 110 includes or is coupled to asensor, such as a light sensor, a fluid sensor, an image sensor, amotion sensor, an acoustic sensor, an infrared sensor, a temperaturesensor, a humidity sensor, a wind speed sensor, a wind direction sensor,a rainfall sensor, or others, based on which the control panel 110 isautomatically operated, such as the controller 116 is wirelesslycontrolled or activated based on an input of the sensor. For example,the controller 116 can send the control signal based on the input of thesensor. In some embodiments, the control panel 110 or the load device,as disclosed herein, includes or is coupled a timer, whether mechanical,electromechanical, electronic, software, or others, whether a stopwatch,a time switch, or others, based on which the control panel 110 isoperated. In some embodiments, the control panel 110 includes or iscoupled to a smart home control wall panel. In some embodiments, thetimer is included (e.g. integral, retrofitted, externally or internallyattached) in a refrigerator (e.g. residential, commercial, vehicular) oris operably coupled (e.g. electronically, wirelessly, mobile app) to therefrigerator. The refrigerator (e.g. French door, upper or lowerfreezer) can be or include a freezer or be a refrigerator room. Thetimer may have a plurality of calendar entries programmed (e.g.manually, automatically, locally, remotely) thereinto, which can beinclusive of an adjustment for daylight savings time (e.g. manual,automatic) or a geolocation (e.g. GPS chip, GLONASS chip, signaltriangulation, network address, user presetting, zip code, area code,physical address). For example, the calendar entries can includeChristian holiday times, Jewish holiday times, Muslim holiday times, orothers. For example, the calendar entries can have a date on or off, atime on or off, a temperature increase or decrease, a moisture increaseor decrease, which can be any time period less than 24 hours or spanmore than one day, such as two days, three days, or more, based onholiday times and the geolocation. For example, the refrigerator can beconfigured to activate, deactivate, turn on, or turn off an internallight source (e.g. socket, bulb) or a drinking water spout or fountainduring certain Jewish days or holidays (e.g. Sabbath, High Holidays)based on the calendar entries and the geolocation. For example, thetimer can include a mechanical device with a clicker, poppet, button oranother mechanical, gear-based, pulley-based, spring-based, orshape-memory-based piece configured to engage a light activation pieceof the refrigerator, where the light activation piece is positioned inproximity of a refrigerator door. When the timer is attached (e.g.fastened, hook-and-looped, adhered, magnetized, suction cupped, mated,interlocked) to the refrigerator such that clicker, poppet, button oranother mechanical, gear-based, pulley-based, spring-based, orshape-memory-based piece engages the light activation piece, then whenthe refrigerator door is open then the internal light source of therefrigerator does not go on. Note that the clicker, poppet, button oranother mechanical, gear-based, pulley-based, spring-based, orshape-memory-based piece can be configured to automatically deploy (e.g.expand, nest out, move out) or automatically un-deploy (contract, nestin, move in) based on the calendar entries. Therefore, the refrigeratorcan operate based on the calendar entries. Note that this timertechnology can also be applied to other household items or rooms, suchas ovens, microwaves, dishwashers, garbage disposal unit, smartbathrooms, smart kitchens, smart basements, smart garages, or others.Further, note that this timer can also be housed in a housing having anelectrical receptacle, while the housing is also configured to beplugged into an electrical outlet (e.g. wall outlet).

The wireless transceiver 122 or 132 can be configured to send a wirelesspower signal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the wireless transceiver 120 or 130 can be configured tosend a wireless control or informational signal or receive a wirelesscontrol or informational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, thewireless power transceiver 122 or 132 can operate as an independent,master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wirelesspower signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wirelesspower signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless powersignal range extender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g.wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationary devices). Forexample, the wireless control or information signal transceiver 120 or130 can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wirelesscontrol or informational signal hotspot, wireless control orinformational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or informational signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the light fixture 112 is configured towirelessly transmit, such as via the wireless power transceiver 132, awireless power signal to other devices, such as mobile devices orstationary devices or fixtures. For example, the light fixture 112 canquery, such as via the wireless control or information transceiver 130,another device, such as another light fixture, for a power level thereof(for receipt via the wireless control or information transceiver 130 ofthat device). If that power level satisfies or does not satisfy apredetermined threshold, as determined via the light fixture 112 uponresponse from the other device, as received via the wireless control orinformation transceiver 130 of the light fixture 112, then the lightfixture 112 can send the wireless power signal, such as via the wirelesspower transceiver 132, to another device (for receipt via the wirelesspower transceiver 132 of that device), thereby recharging that device.As such, the light fixture 112 can operate as a wireless power signalrepeater. Likewise, the light fixture 112 can operate as a remotecontrol to other devices.

In some embodiments, the control panel 110 can adjust the wireless powersignal for providing more power or less power to recharge the battery,such as based on usage. For example, the control panel 110 can adjustthe wireless power signal such that the wireless power is able torecharge the battery 126 at a rate higher or lower than a rate at whichthe load 124 draws power from the battery 126. For example, when theload 124 is not drawing power from the battery 126, then the wirelesspower signal can be at a rate higher or lower than a rate at which theload 124 draws power from the battery 126 in order to quickly rechargethe battery. For example, the control panel 110 can track usage historyto determine optimal times when to adjust the wireless power signal tomost quickly recharge the battery 126 to a predetermined threshold andthen do so, if mandated by a user.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5a , the light fixture 112, suchas a recessed light fixture, whether insulation contact (IC) or non-IC,includes a photovoltaic cell 134 positioned to capture a light energyfrom the light fixture 112 and then recharge the battery 126accordingly. Various embodiments of recessed light fixtures are shown inFIG. 5b . For example, at least some of the recessed light fixtures caninclude an open trim, baffle trim, fisheye trim, eyeball trim,reflective trim, decorative trim, low clearance recessed canister, lightclips, trim with coil springs or squeezable rod springs, or others,some, many, most, or all of which can be configured to enable forvarious functionality, as disclosed herein. For example, thesecomponents can be structured to ensure that the battery 126 can fitabove the ceiling 106, while avoiding interference with at least somelight clips. The photovoltaic cell 134 can be transparent ortranslucent. For example, the photovoltaic cell 134 can be a cellobtained from Ubiquitous Energy Inc. This may be beneficial due toincreased recharge speed or less need for wireless charging. In someembodiments, the light fixture 124 includes a fluid turbine, whetherliquid or gas, such as water, air, or others, which generated energy torecharge the battery. Note that the photovoltaic cell 134 can be used onany devices, as disclosed herein.

In some embodiments, the control panel 110 and the light fixture 112 areuniquely (one-to-one correspondence) paired to each other in order tominimize signal interference and hacking. However, note that othercorrespondences are possible, such as one-to-many, many-to-many, ormany-to-one in any permutational or combinatory manner. In someembodiments, the control panel 110 and the light fixture 112 are a kit,whether for a new installation or retrofitting a preexistinginfrastructure.

In some embodiments, the controller 116 is able to request the powerinterface 114 to switch between a plurality of power sources, such aswithin a bank of batteries, as shown in FIG. 6, or between a battery anda powerline, such as to function as a backup or redundancy feature.

In some embodiments, a plumbing fixture or other types of fixtures, suchas electrical, thermal, structural, or others, or freestanding devicesor stationary devices or mobile devices may be used, whetheradditionally or alternatively, such as the control panel 110 or thefixture 112. For example, the plumbing fixture or other types offixtures or freestanding devices or stationary devices can include apipe, a valve, a fitting, a faucet, a spigot, a garbage disposal, aurinal, a footstool, a soap dispenser (built-in or resting on counter),a toilet brush holder, a tissue box, a tissue box holder, a homesecurity camera (closed circuit camera), a recycling can or container, afurniture item, a water sensor/alarm unit, an air conditioning grill, acooking or BBQ grill, a compressor, an air conditioner, a weatherstation, a weather station sensor, a shower door, a floor or ceilingmolding, a crown molding with a light (e.g. bulbs) or sound (speakers)source or an air freshener, a baseboard with a light (e.g. bulbs) orsound (speakers) source or an air freshener, a wall frame (e.g.rectangular, oval) with painting or electronic display (e.g. LCD,electrophoretic), a mezuza case (e.g. rectangular, oval) with anelectronic display (e.g. LCD, electrophoretic), a hinge (e.g. spring,barrel, pivot, flag), a door sign (e.g. analog, electronic display, LED,electrophoretic), an electronic ink (e.g. electrophoretic, color,black-white, monochrome) surface (e.g. floor, wall, ceiling, furniture),a door frame or window casing, a medallion, a picture frame, a floatingshelf, a garage door, a windowsash/molding/frame/sill/head/jamb/jambliner/casing/apron/stool, autility (electric, gas, water) meter, a garage door opener, a discoball, a showerhead, a soap dish, a printer, a scanner, a fax machine, acopier, a medical device, a garbage or trash can or container, ashredder, a register/vent (including motorized or non-motorized), afurnace, a thermostat, a thermostat sensor remote from a thermostat(e.g. Ecobee style), a smart home control wall panel, an air handler, awindow blind or shade, a window protection gate (vertically orhorizontally deployable), a mailbox, a playlet/swing set, an exhaustfan, an underfloor heating system (indoor or outdoor), a dishwasher, akitchen stove, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a smoke detector, acarbon monoxide detector, a supply or waste plumbing fixtures, a fooddisposer, a water heater, a tank less heater, a water softener orharder, a hot water dispenser, a tank less or electric or gas waterheater, a hot water urn, an ice maker, a pot filler, a frost proof sillcock, a hands free faucet, a vacuum cleaner (mobile, robotic, or fixed),a pool table, a bowling alley seat, a bowling ball machine, a ping pongor foosball table, a water leak detector, a bathroom vanity light, ashed, a shutoff valve (indoors or outdoors), a buffalo box, a faucetsprayer, an electrical service panel/circuit breaker, an electrical box(metal, plastic), a doorbell including video and button and speaker, afloodlight with sensor, an electronic license plate, a bench or parkbench or bus stop bench, a BBQ grill or smoker or pellet smoke or coalor gas, a smoker auger, a water cooler, a microscope, a Christmas tree(e.g. natural, artificial) and Christmas tree lights (e.g. LED, halogen)or decorations (e.g. spherical, cuboid, cube, character) or ornaments(e.g. spherical, cuboid, cube, character) or skirts (e.g. LCD display,electrophoretic display, LED display), a cylindrical or puck shapedspeaker (e.g. Alexa device), a bathroom vent fan, a manned or unmannedvacuum cleaner, a dropped ceiling tile, an light source candle (e.g.LED), a smart glass device (e.g. electricity based, heat based), antongue depressor (e.g. with light source), a conveyor belt (e.g.factory, store, vehicle), a battery pack, a spectrometer, a portablebody scanner (e.g. U-shape, D-shape), an optical drowning monitor (e.g.Coral), a thermometer (e.g. infrared gun, forehead), a blockchainoperated appliance (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial), anaugmented or virtual reality eyewear unit or mobile device or wearable,a lawn sprinkler unit, a sprinkler controller, a basketball shottracker, a speaker, a display, a mailbox, an HVAC blower, a heat pump, awater heating tank, a water tankless heater, a mousepad (e.g. wirelesslycharge mouse or keyboard), a garden light, a driveway heating element, atoilet (e.g. seat, bowl, a water tank, a lever, a cleaning cartridgedispenser, a light source, a sensor, or others), a ventilation duct, astructure within a plumbing pipe, a gas pipe, a sump pump, a pergola, apatio, a medical image scanner, a load cell, an awning, a deck, a fence,an attic fan, a bookcase, a fireplace, a construction brick, a sidingboard, a shingle, a railroad track (rail or sleeper) or along rail orsleeper side whether internal (between rails) or external (not betweenrails), a shake, a foundation, a roof, a stud, a joist, an automatedteller machine, a wall terminal or kiosk, or any other device,apparatus, structure, or system that is affixed, whether physically,electrically, or fluidly, to a piece of land, a building, or a vehicleor that is freestanding or stationary, whether additionally oralternatively, or mobile. For example, a wall, a ceiling, or a floor canbe comprised via a framing structure with a plurality of drywall panelsand a subfloor. However, note that this disclosure is not limited to anindoor environment and an outdoor environment can be used, whetheradditionally or alternatively. For example, at least one of the wall,the ceiling, or the floor can be positioned indoors or outdoors, inwhole or in part, such as a component of a building, an auxiliary of thebuilding, a freestanding structure, or others, such as a patio, a shed,a pergola, a barn, a garage, a pool, a hot tub, a deck, a jacuzzi, adriveway, a walkway, a porch, a waterfall, a garden, or others.Moreover, note that the indoor environment or the outdoor environmentcan be in a residential setting, a commercial setting, an industrialsetting, a medical setting, a hazardous material setting, a clean roomsetting, a sealed room, a hydroponic structure, a jail/prison/cellsetting, a military setting, or others. Also, note that this disclosureis not limited to a building. As such, a vehicle, whether land, marine,aerial, or space, can be used, whether manned or unmanned, whetheradditionally or alternatively. For example, the wall, the ceiling, orthe floor can be hosted or supported in or via the vehicle, such as anautomobile, a bus, a truck, an airplane, a helicopter, a drone, asatellite, a cruise ship, a yacht, a rocket, a space station, or others,whether civilian or military use. Note that the marine vehicle caninclude a submersible, such as a submarine or others.

In some embodiments, a sporting device or a board game may be used asthe control panel 110 or a load device, as disclosed herein, whetheradditionally or alternatively. For example, the sporting device caninclude a basketball, a soccer ball, a football, a puck, a golf ball, ahockey stick, a golf club, a polo stick, a golf putter, a bowling ball,a billiards ball, a billiards cue, a billiards pocket, a billiardstable, or others. For example, the board game can include a board (e.g.analog, electronic, display, speaker), a frame (e.g. analog, electronic,display, speaker), a game piece (e.g. analog, electronic, display,speaker), a dice (e.g. analog, electronic, display, speaker), a gamingsurface, or others. For example, the board game can include chess,checkers, backgammon, dominos, connect four, or others. For example, theboard, the frame, the game piece, the dice, or the gaming surface cansend or receive signal from each other, whether or not based on sensors,which can internally or externally trigger inputs or outputs, asdisclosed herein.

Note that any sensor, as disclosed herein, can be active or passive,whether mechanical or electronic or chemical. The sensor is configuredto detect or to respond to an input from a physical or digitalenvironment. For example, the input can be at least one of light, heat,motion, moisture, humidity, sound, electricity, pressure, or any otherenvironmental aspect or parameter. The sensor can provide an output,such as a signal, which is sent, whether in a wired manner or a wirelessmanner, to an output device or a controller, as disclosed herein.Whether additionally or alternatively, the sensor can comprise or becoupled to a transducer. The sensor can be powered via a power source,whether in a wired manner or a wireless manner, such as a battery, arenewable energy source, such as a wind turbine or a water turbine, or aphotovoltaic cell. For example, the sensor can be configured forcommunication, whether local or remote, whether in a wired or a wirelessmanner with another device, such as a mobile device, for instance, atablet computer.

In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one of acoustic, sound,or vibration based, such as at least one of a geophone, a hydrophone, ora microphone. In some embodiments, the sensor can be a chemical sensor,such as at least one of an oxygen sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, acarbon monoxide sensor, a hydrogen sensor, a catalytic bead sensor, achemical field-effect transistor, an electrochemical gas sensor, anelectronic nose, an electrolyte insulator semiconductor sensor, afluorescent chloride sensor, a holographic sensor, a hydrocarbon dewpoint sensor, a hydrogen sulfide sensor, an infrared point sensor, anon-dispersive infrared sensor, a microwave chemistry sensor, a nitrogenoxide sensor, an olfactometer, an optode, an ozone monitor, a pellistor,a glass electrode, a potentiometric sensor, a smoke detector, or a zincoxide nanorod sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at leastone of electric current, electric potential, magnetic, or radio based,such as at least one of a current sensor, a Daly detector, anelectroscope, a galvanometer, a hall effect sensor, a magnetic anomalydetector, a magnetometer, a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) magneticfield sensor, a metal detector, a radio direction finder, or a voltagedetector. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one of flow orfluid velocity based, such as at least one of an air flow meter, ananemometer, a flow sensor, a gas meter, a mass flow sensor, or a watermeter. In some embodiments, the sensor can be a radiation sensor, suchas a Geiger counter. In some embodiments, the sensor can be an altimeteror a depth gauge. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one ofposition, angle, displacement, distance, speed, or acceleration based,such as at least one of a capacitive sensor, a photoelectric sensor, ashock or impact sensor, a tilt sensor, or an ultrasonic thicknesssensor. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one of optical,light, imaging, or photon based, such as at least one of anelectro-optical sensor, a flame detector, an infrared sensor, a photodetector, a photoionization detector, a photo switch, a phototube, or ascintillometer. In some embodiments, the sensor can be pressure based,such as at least one of a barograph, a barometer, a fluid densitysensor, a piezometer, a fluid pressure sensor, a tactile sensor, or acontact sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one offorce, density, or level based, such as at least one of a hydrometer, aforce gauge, a level sensor, a load cell, a magnetic level gauge, anuclear density gauge, a piezoelectric sensor, a strain gauge, or aviscometer. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one ofthermal, heat, or temperature based, such as at least one of abolometer, a bimetallic strip, a calorimeter, a Gardongauge/circular-foil gauge, a Golay cell, a heat flux sensor, an infraredthermometer, a quartz thermometer, a resistance thermometer, a siliconbandgap temperature sensor, a thermometer, a thermistor, a thermocouple,or a pyrometer. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one ofproximity or presence based, such as at least one of an alarm sensor, amotion detector, an occupancy sensor, a proximity sensor, a passiveinfrared sensor, a reed switch, or a glass or material integrity breaksensor. In some embodiments, the sensor can be at least one of a moldsensor, a mildew sensor, or a sensor configured to sense anenvironmental condition favorable to at least one of a mold, a mildew,or a fungus, such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,382,269, which isfully incorporated by reference herein for at least these purposes andall other purposes, as disclosed herein.

Note that a valve can include a ball valve, butterfly valve, chokevalve, diaphragm or membrane valve, gate valve, globe valve, knifevalve, needle valve, pinch valve, piston valve, plug valve, slim valve,solenoid valve, spool valve, check valve or non-return valve, flowcontrol valve, poppet valve, pressure reducing valve, thermal expansionvalve, safety valve or relief valve, sampling valve, aspin valve, ballcock valve, bibcock valve, blast valve, boston valve, cock valve,stopcock valve, ceramic disc valve, choke valve, clapper valve, demandvalve, double beat valve, double check valve, duckbill valve, flappervalve, heimlich valve, foot valve, four-way valve, freeze seal/freezeplug, gas pressure regulator valve, heart valve, hydrodynamic vortexvalve, larner-johnson valve, leaf valve, pilot valve, pinch valve,plunger valve, poppet valve, sleeve valve, pressure regulator orpressure reducing valve, pressure sustaining valve, presta valve,schrader valve, dunlop valve, reed valve, regulator valve, rocker valve,rotolock valve, rotary valve, piston valves, rupture disc valve, safetyvalve, saddle valve, slide valve, stopcock, swirl valve, tap valve,tesla valve, thermostatic mixing valve, thermostatic radiator valve,trap primer, vacuum breaker valve, or others.

Note that any furniture item, as disclosed herein, includes a singleseat (e.g. back, seat, legs) device, such as a chair, a bean bag, anottoman, a recliner, a stool (bar stool, footstool, massager stand), arocking chair, a children high chair (e.g. back, seat, rest, removableor permanent table tray, frame, caster wheels, belts, buckles), acushion, or others including an accessory attachable/retrofittablethereto. Likewise, any furniture item, as disclosed herein, includes amulti-seat device (e.g. back, seat, legs), such as a bench, a couch, adivan, a love seat, a cushion, a bean bag, or others including anaccessory attachable/retrofittable thereto. Moreover, any furnitureitem, as disclosed herein, includes a single or multi-user bed (e.g.platform, mattress, frame, legs, headboard), a bunk bed, a canopy bed, afour-poster bed, a murphy bed, a platform bed, a sleigh bed, a waterbed,a daybed, a futon, a hammock, a headboard, an infant bed (crib, cradle,bassinet), a mattress, a sofa bed, or others including an accessoryattachable/retrofittable thereto. Additionally, any furniture item, asdisclosed herein, includes a billiard table, a chess table, acompartmentalized entertainment center, a gramophone, a jukebox, apinball machine, or others including an accessoryattachable/retrofittable thereto. Furthermore, any furniture item, asdisclosed herein, includes a changing table, a desk, a pedestal table, acoffee table, a dining table, a drop leaf-table, an end table, a worktable, a folding table, a poker table, a television tray table, atrestle table, a washstand, an operating table, a workbench, or othersincluding an accessory attachable/retrofittable thereto. Also, anyfurniture item, as disclosed herein, includes a bookcase, a kitchencabinet, a bathroom cabinet (medicine chest), a drawer, a shelf or afloating shelf, a dresser, a chest, a coat rack, a hatstand, a filingcabinet, a nightstand (e.g. shelf, frame), an ottoman (e.g. removableseat, support frame), a sideboard, a safe (e.g. internal, external,walls, floor, ceiling, object inside), an umbrella stand (e.g. frame,container), an armoire, a wine rack (e.g. frame, container), a credenza,a floor lamp (e.g. base, stem, frame), an aquarium, or others includingan accessory attachable/retrofittable thereto.

FIG. 6 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a process for powermanagement according to this disclosure. In particular, when the lightfixture 112 is powered via a bank of batteries 126, then controller 128monitors power levels of at least two batteries in the bank of batteries126. If one of the batteries 126 is undercharged based on predeterminedpower thresholds, then the controller 128 transfers or switches powerfrom that battery to another battery that is not undercharged based onthe predetermined power thresholds. Then, the controller 128 commandsthe wireless control transceiver 130 (e.g. transmitter) to request thecontrol panel 110 to send wireless power for recharging the battery thatis undercharged via the wireless power transceiver 122 (e.g.transmitter) as the light fixture 112 is powered via the battery that isnot undercharged. This process can repeat iteratively.

FIGS. 7a-7c show a diagram of an embodiment of a device for wirelesscharging according to this disclosure. In particular, a device forwireless charging or wireless control includes a housing and a plug forinsertion into an AC socket. The housing can include a port, such as aUSB, Lightning, or others. The device can include a surge protectorsystem. The device can include a controller and a user interface, wherethe controller is electrically coupled to the user interface, asdisclosed herein. The housing includes a sensor or a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Thesensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device or anoutput device of the device for wireless charging. The user interface orthe controller can control the wireless transceiver, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to senda wireless power signal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to senda wireless control or informational signal or receive a wireless controlor informational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the devicecan include a wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless controlor information signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or informational signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the device can be combinedwith all embodiments, devices, features, systems, or components thereof,as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 8a-8c show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of car seats for a plurality of children according tothis disclosure. FIG. 8a shows an infant carrier having a base and abasket. The base is securable to a bench or seat of an automobile, suchas via a LATCH system, a seatbelt, or others. The base includes a lifthandle and is removable from the automobile via the lift handle. Thebase includes a spirit level to determine proper base positioning. Thebase includes a pair of walls and the basket is removably secured (e.g.mating, interlocking, latching, or others) to the base between thewalls. The basket hosts a carry handle (e.g. U-shaped but can beL-shaped) that is pivotable. The basket is configured for seating achild, such as an infant under 100 pounds. The basket includes a pair ofseat belts (3 points, 5 points, 7 points, or others) to engage thechild.

Any portion of the base (e.g. frame, housing, platform, seat belts orbuckles, or others) or any component thereof (e.g. wall, floor, orothers) or any portion of the basket (e.g. carry handle, seat, orothers) or any component thereof (e.g. handle bars or handle bridge,back seat portion, lower seat portion, sidewalls, seat belts or buckles,or others) can include or host or be attached to a sensor configured todetect presence of the child in the basket. The sensor can be any sensordisclosed herein. For example, the sensor can include motion sensor,heat sensor, proximity sensor, acoustic sensor, pressure sensor, loadcell, or others. Also, additional or alternative to the sensor beinghosted via the infant carrier, as explained above, the sensor can behosted via a wearable (e.g. T-shirt over a seat facing the infantcarrier), a headrest facing the basket, a seat (including back portionthereof), a back portion of bench or seat facing the child, anautomobile frame or chassis, a cable, a belt, an elastic band, a cabinpillar, a cabin door, a cabin window, a cabin handle, a cabin ceiling, acabin floor, or others.

The sensor can include or be electrically coupled to a controller, asdisclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where thecontroller is electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosedherein. The sensor can include or be electrically coupled to a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the sensor can include a wireless power signal transceiverand a wireless control or information signal transceiver. For example,the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal sourceor target or as a wireless control or information signal source ortarget. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot,wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster,wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, orwireless power signal range extender) in a wireless charging meshnetwork (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the sensor can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

As such, the sensor can be wirelessly powered (e.g. via the rechargeablebattery) and thereby wirelessly paired (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee,Z-Wave, or others) with the automobile, a smartphone, a wearable, oranother computer. Therefore, the sensor can periodically wirelesslycommunicate its readings to the automobile, the smartphone, or thewearable, whether the automobile is running or not, in motion orstationary. Consequently, the automobile, the smartphone, or thewearable can automatically act (inform that the basket still containsthe child or assist the child) based on the readings of the sensor, suchas honk horn, activate car alarm, open windows, turn on AC or fan notcirculation, turn on automobile, send notifications to preprogrammedcommunication channels (e.g. email, text, social feed, OTT, or others),request help from emergency services, or others.

FIG. 8b shows a seat having a base and a seat secured to the base. Thebase is securable to a bench or seat of an automobile, such as via aLATCH system, a seatbelt, or others. The seat is configured for seatinga child, such as a toddler. The seat includes a pair of seat belts (3points, 5 points, 7 points, or others) to engage the child.

Any portion of the base (e.g. wall, floor, or others) or any portion ofthe seat (e.g. back seat portion, lower seat portion, sidewalls, seatbelts or buckles, or others) can include or host or be attached to asensor configured to detect presence of the child in the seat. Thesensor can be any sensor disclosed herein. For example, the sensor caninclude motion sensor, heat sensor, proximity sensor, acoustic sensor,pressure sensor, load cell, or others. Also, additional or alternativeto the sensor being hosted via the seat, as explained above, the sensorcan be hosted via a wearable (e.g. T-shirt over a seat facing the seat),a headrest facing the seat, a seat (including back portion thereof), aback portion of bench or seat facing the child, an automobile frame orchassis, a cable, a belt, an elastic band, a cabin pillar, a cabin door,a cabin window, a cabin handle, a cabin ceiling, a cabin floor, orothers.

The sensor can include or be electrically coupled to a controller, asdisclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where thecontroller is electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosedherein. The sensor can include or be electrically coupled to a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the sensor can include a wireless power signal transceiverand a wireless control or information signal transceiver. For example,the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal sourceor target or as a wireless control or information signal source ortarget. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot,wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster,wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, orwireless power signal range extender) in a wireless charging meshnetwork (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the sensor can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

As such, the sensor can be wirelessly powered (e.g. via the rechargeablebattery) and thereby wirelessly paired (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee,Z-Wave, or others) with the automobile, a smartphone, a wearable, oranother computer. Therefore, the sensor can periodically wirelesslycommunicate its readings to the automobile, the smartphone, or thewearable, whether the automobile is running or not, in motion orstationary. Consequently, the automobile, the smartphone, or thewearable can automatically act (inform that the basket still containsthe child or assist the child) based on the readings of the sensor, suchas honk horn, activate car alarm, open windows, turn on AC or fan notcirculation, turn on automobile, send notifications to preprogrammedcommunication channels (e.g. email, text, social feed, OTT, or others),request help from emergency services, or others.

FIG. 8c shows a seat belted to an automobile and can also be securableto a bench or seat of an automobile, such as via a LATCH system, aseatbelt, or others. The seat is configured for seating a child, such asa toddler.

Any portion of the seat (e.g. back seat portion, lower seat portion,sidewalls, seat belts or buckles, or others) can include or host or beattached to a sensor configured to detect presence of the child in theseat. Any portion of the seat belt (e.g. belt, buckle, belt, or others)can include or host or be attached to a sensor configured to detectpresence of the child in the seat. The sensor can be any sensordisclosed herein. For example, the sensor can include motion sensor,heat sensor, proximity sensor, acoustic sensor, pressure sensor, loadcell, or others. Also, additional or alternative to the sensor beinghosted via the seat, as explained above, the sensor can be hosted via awearable (e.g. T-shirt over a seat facing the seat), a headrest facingthe seat, a seat (including back portion thereof), a back portion ofbench or seat facing the child, an automobile frame or chassis, a cable,a belt, an elastic band, a cabin pillar, a cabin door, a cabin window, acabin handle, a cabin ceiling, a cabin floor, or others.

The sensor can include or be electrically coupled to a controller, asdisclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where thecontroller is electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosedherein. The sensor can include or be electrically coupled to a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the sensor can include a wireless power signal transceiverand a wireless control or information signal transceiver. For example,the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal sourceor target or as a wireless control or information signal source ortarget. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot,wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster,wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, orwireless power signal range extender) in a wireless charging meshnetwork (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the sensor can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

As such, the sensor can be wirelessly powered (e.g. via the rechargeablebattery) and thereby wirelessly paired (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee,Z-Wave, or others) with the automobile, a smartphone, a wearable, oranother computer. Therefore, the sensor can periodically wirelesslycommunicate its readings to the automobile, the smartphone, or thewearable, whether the automobile is running or not, in motion orstationary. Consequently, the automobile, the smartphone, or thewearable can automatically act (inform that the basket still containsthe child or assist the child) based on the readings of the sensor, suchas honk horn, activate car alarm, open windows, turn on AC or fan notcirculation, turn on automobile, send notifications to preprogrammedcommunication channels (e.g. email, text, social feed, OTT, or others),request help from emergency services, or others.

FIGS. 9a-9b show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of clocks according to this disclosure. In particular, ananalog wall clock and an electronic clock are stationary (e.g. resting,anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling). Theanalog wall clock can include physical analog hands (e.g. hour, minute,or second), clockface, and clock mechanism with moving parts (e.g.gears, weights, pendulum, springs, or others) or the analog wall clockcan include an electronic display (e.g. LCD, electrophoretic, or others)displaying analog hands and clockface. The electronic clock displaystime in numeric symbols (12-hour or 24-hour system), but can displayanalog hands and clockface. Note that the analog wall clock and theelectronic clock can include an alarm function.

The analog wall clock and the electronic clock are powered via a powersource (e.g. mains powerline, battery, accumulator, or others). Theanalog wall clock or the electronic clock, inclusive of any componentthereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosedherein. The analog wall clock or the electronic clock can include asensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered).The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device oran output device of the analog wall clock or the electronic clock. Theanalog wall clock or the electronic clock can include a controller, asdisclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where thecontroller is electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosedherein. The analog wall clock or the electronic clock can include awireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the analog wall clock or the electronic clock can include awireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control or informationsignal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asa wireless power signal source or target or as a wireless control orinformation signal source or target. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g.wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster,wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater,wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal range extender)in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobiledevices or stationary devices) or an independent, master, or slave node(e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot, wireless controlor informational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the analog wall clock or the electronicclock can be combined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features,or components thereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to performall methods, processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 10 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a parking meter according tothis disclosure. In particular, a parking meter is stationary (e.g.anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling). Theparking meter, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The parking metercan include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, ormains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or output action of aninput device or an output device of the parking meter. The parking metercan include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, asdisclosed herein, where the controller is electrically coupled to theuser interface, as disclosed herein. The parking meter can include awireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the parking meter can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the parking meter can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 11 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a vending machine accordingto this disclosure. In particular, a vending machine a vend UI. Thevending machine includes package shelves and package removal drawer. Thevending machine can vend via the vend UI based on the shelves and thepackage removal drawer. The vending machine is stationary (e.g.anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling). Thevending machine, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The vending machinecan include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, ormains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or output action of aninput device or an output device of the vending machine. The vendingmachine can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The vending machinecan include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the vending machine caninclude a wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control orinformation signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the vending machine can becombined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or componentsthereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods,processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 12a-12b show a plurality of diagrams for a plurality ofembodiments of a plurality of virtual window systems according to thisdisclosure. In particular, since there are situations where physicalwindows are not feasible for installation or maintenance, such as due tocost, structural issues, or others, a virtual window system can be used.The virtual window system includes a building having a wall (e.g.thermally insulated, thermally uninsulated, or others), a camera (e.g.wide angle, fish-eye, 360-degree, PTZ, infrared, or others), and adisplay (e.g. LCD, plasma, electrophoretic, color, monochrome, touch orhaptic-enabled, or others).

The wall hosts the camera and the display, such as via fastening,mating, interlocking, adhering, bracketing, magnetizing, suctioncupping, hook-and-looping, or others. The wall can host the camera andthe display such that the camera and the display can be opposite of eachother on opposing wall sides (camera outdoors and display indoors).

The camera can be configured for capturing high or ultra-high resolutionor high or ultra-definition video (e.g. 4 k, 8 k, 12 k, or others). Thecamera can be configured for weatherproofing, such as rain, snow, wind,sand, hail, or others. For example, the camera can include a brim, awiper, a lens door, or others. The camera can be powered via a mainspowerline or a battery. The camera, inclusive of any component thereof,can operate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein.

The display can be configured for displaying high or ultra-highresolution or high or ultra-definition video (e.g. 4 k, 8 k, 12 k, orothers). The display can be powered via a mains powerline or a battery.The display, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The display can beoriented in landscape or portrait mode. For example, the display canrange from 8 inches diagonally to 120 inches diagonally or less or more.The display can include or lack a bezel. The display can be framed in aframe or casing. The display can be rectangular, square-shaped,triangular, oval, pentagonal, or others.

The camera and the display can be directly connected to each other orconnected to each other via an intermediary device, such as a controlleror others, where the intermediary device can be powered via a mainspowerline or a battery. The intermediary device, inclusive of anycomponent thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, asdisclosed herein. The wall can host the intermediary device or theintermediary device can be hosted off the wall, such as on a floor inproximity or non-proximity of the wall.

Accordingly, the camera captures a video imagery, in real-time, andfeeds the video imagery, in real-time, to the display, whether directlyor indirectly. As such, the display displays the video imagery, inreal-time, such that a viewer is under impression that the display is aphysical window. Note that to enhance a real window appearance, thedisplay can be covered by a window treatment, such as blinds, shades,curtains, or others. Likewise, to enhance a real window appearance, thedisplay can be encased in a window casing. Moreover, to enhance a realwindow appearance, the display can be non-flush with respect to thewall, as shown in FIG. 12a , or the display can be flush with respect tothe wall, as shown in FIG. 12b . Additionally, to enhance a real windowappearance, the camera can include or be electrically coupled to amicrophone and the display can include or be electrically coupled to aspeaker. Therefore, outdoor sounds can be captured via the microphoneand can be output indoors via the speaker. Although FIGS. 12a-12b showthe virtual window system from inside out, this configuration can bereversed to outside in, such as when the camera is indoors and thedisplay is outdoors.

The camera, the display, or the intermedia device, inclusive of anycomponent thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, asdisclosed herein. The camera, the display, or the intermedia device caninclude a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mainspowered). The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an inputdevice or an output device of the camera, the display, or the intermediadevice. The camera, the display, or the intermedia device can include acontroller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosedherein, where the controller is electrically coupled to the userinterface, as disclosed herein. The camera, the display, or theintermedia device can include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitteror receiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or the controllercan control the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example,the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless powersignal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. Forexample, the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wirelesscontrol or informational signal or receive a wireless control orinformational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the camera, thedisplay, or the intermedia device can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the camera, the display, or the intermediadevice can be combined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features,or components thereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to performall methods, processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 13 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a thermoelectric generator(TEG) according to this disclosure. In particular, a kitchen stove witha plurality of gas burners is shown. At least one of the burners is onand is emitting flame or heat. On top of that burner, whether directlyor via grates, rests or sits a housing, a platform, a frame, a case, ora plate (e.g. flat, planar, cylindrical, or others) with a TEG having ahot side exposed to the burner (e.g. flame or heat) and a cold side(opposite side) exposed to a cooling solid or a cooling fluid, such asambient air, volume of water, running water from sink, ice, frozenproducts or packages, or others. For example, the housing, the platform,the frame, the case, or plate can include a cavity or container or tubeor conduit or channel containing a volume of ice or frozen products orpackages, a still or moving or circulating volume of water or runningwater therethrough (e.g. from faucet inclined and circulating back intosink) or another cooling liquid. The TEG can include a thermoelectricmaterial that generates power directly from heat by convertingtemperature differences into electric voltage (high electricalconductivity and low thermal conductivity). The TEG can include athermoelectric module including a circuit containing thermoelectricmaterials which generates electricity from heat directly. The TEG caninclude a thermoelectric system that generates power by taking in heatfrom the burner. The TEG can include a heat exchanger on both sides ofthe thermoelectric module. As such, during electric power outages, theTEG can be used with at least one of the gas burners. For example, theplate can be sufficiently large to cover more than one burner, such astwo, three, four, five, or more burners. The TEG is electrically coupledto a first rechargeable battery and the first rechargeable battery iselectrically coupled to a load device, as disclosed herein, and the loaddevice is electrically coupled to a second rechargeable battery, suchthat the load device is electrically between the first rechargeablebattery and the second rechargeable battery. As such, the TEG can sendpower to the first battery and the first battery can power the loaddevice, which can include a control panel, as disclosed herein. Thesecond rechargeable battery can be recharged indirectly from the firstrechargeable battery via the load device or power the load device. Forexample, the load device can include smartphone, tablet, kitchenappliance, refrigerator, or others.

FIG. 14 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a plurality of lamps and aflame, smoke, or carbon monoxide (CO) detector powered via a powersource that is wirelessly chargeable and hosted via a frame memberaccording to this disclosure according to this disclosure. Inparticular, an elongated bar (e.g. track, rail, or others) is attached(e.g. fastening, mating, interlocking, interlocking, bracketing, orothers) to a ceiling portion of a building. The elongated bar hosts aflame, smoke, or CO detector, a power source, such as a rechargeablebattery, and a plurality of lamps (e.g. LED, CFL, incandescent, halogen,or others) that are adjustable (e.g. positionally, orientation, orothers) and powered via the power source. The flame, smoke, or COdetector is cylindrical, disc, or puck shaped, but such shaping canvary. The power source is cylindrical, disc, or puck shaped, but suchshaping can vary. Note that the power source can be internal or externalto the flame, smoke, or CO detector or attached or detached or coupledor uncoupled thereto. Otherwise, this configuration is similar to thelight fixture 112.

FIG. 15 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a flame, smoke, or COdetector powering a plurality of lamps according to this disclosure. Inparticular, an elongated bar (e.g. track, rail, or others) is attached(e.g. fastening, mating, interlocking, interlocking, bracketing, orothers) to a ceiling portion of a building. The elongated bar hosts aflame, smoke, or CO detector containing a power source, such as arechargeable battery, and a plurality of lamps (e.g. LED, CFL,incandescent, halogen, or others) that are adjustable (e.g.positionally, orientation, or others) and powered via the power source.The flame, smoke, or CO detector is cylindrical, disc, or puck shaped,but such shaping can vary. Otherwise, this configuration is similar tothe light fixture 112.

FIG. 16 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a power source that iswirelessly rechargeable and powering a plurality of lamps according tothis disclosure. In particular, an elongated bar (e.g. track, rail, orothers) is attached (e.g. fastening, mating, interlocking, interlocking,bracketing, or others) to a ceiling portion of a building. The elongatedbar hosts a power source, such as a rechargeable battery, and aplurality of lamps (e.g. LED, CFL, incandescent, halogen, or others)that are adjustable (e.g. positionally, orientation, or others) andpowered via the power source. The power source is cylindrical, disc, orpuck shaped, but such shaping can vary. Otherwise, this configuration issimilar to the light fixture 112.

FIG. 17 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a plurality of gas dischargelamps being powered via a power source that is wirelessly chargeableaccording to this disclosure. The gas discharge lamps are configured asthe light fixture 112.

FIG. 18 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a ceiling diffuserpositioned between a plurality of gas discharge lamps according to thisdisclosure. In particular, a ceiling diffuser is stationary (e.g.resting, anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, orceiling). The ceiling diffuser, inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Theceiling diffuser can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g.battery, capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any inputor output action of an input device or an output device of the ceilingdiffuser. The ceiling diffuser can include a controller, as disclosedherein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where the controlleris electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. Theceiling diffuser can include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or the controller cancontrol the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, thewireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signalor receive a wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example,the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the ceiling diffuser caninclude a wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control orinformation signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the ceiling diffuser can becombined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or componentsthereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods,processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 19 shows a diagram of an embodiment of an integrated diagnosticwall system according to this disclosure. In particular, an integrateddiagnostic wall system is stationary (e.g. anchored, secured, mated, orfastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling). The integrated diagnostic wallsystem, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as a controlpanel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Note that the integrateddiagnostic wall system includes a plurality of medical devices wiredthereto. Each of such medical devices, inclusive of any componentthereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosedherein. The integrated diagnostic wall system includes a power cableexiting therefrom. The power cable can enable battery manual recharging.Note that the integrated diagnostic wall system can avoid the powercable, such as via being self-contained. The integrated diagnostic wallsystem can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the integrateddiagnostic wall system. The integrated diagnostic wall system caninclude a controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, asdisclosed herein, where the controller is electrically coupled to theuser interface, as disclosed herein. The integrated diagnostic wallsystem can include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or the controller cancontrol the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, thewireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signalor receive a wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example,the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the integrated diagnostic wallsystem can include a wireless power signal transceiver and a wirelesscontrol or information signal transceiver. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as a wireless power signal source or target oras a wireless control or information signal source or target. Forexample, the wireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the integrated diagnosticwall system can be combined with all embodiments, devices, systems,features, or components thereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used toperform all methods, processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosedherein.

FIG. 20 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a medical chair according tothis disclosure. In particular, a medical chair is stationary (e.g.resting, anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, orceiling). The medical chair, inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Themedical chair includes a power cable and a pedal cable exitingtherefrom. The power cable can enable battery manual recharging. Notethat the medical chair can avoid the power cable, such as via beingself-contained. The pedal cable enables a wired receipt of an input froma pedal device to adjust chair incline. Note that the medical chair canavoid the pedal cable, such as via the pedal device wirelesslycommunicating with the medical chair. Further, note that the pedaldevice, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as a controlpanel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The medical chair caninclude a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mainspowered). The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an inputdevice or an output device of the medical chair. The medical chair caninclude a controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, asdisclosed herein, where the controller is electrically coupled to theuser interface, as disclosed herein. The medical chair can include awireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the medical chair can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the medical chair can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 21 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a wall housing hosting aplurality of emergency lamps according to this disclosure. Inparticular, a wall housing hosting a plurality of emergency lamps isstationary (e.g. anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor,or ceiling). The wall housing, inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Thewall housing can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the wall housing. Thewall housing can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The wall housing caninclude a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wall housing can include awireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control or informationsignal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asa wireless power signal source or target or as a wireless control orinformation signal source or target. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g.wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster,wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater,wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal range extender)in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobiledevices or stationary devices) or an independent, master, or slave node(e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot, wireless controlor informational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the wall housing can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 22 shows a diagram of an embodiment of an indoor unit (air handleror evaporator) of a mini-split air heating or cooling system accordingto this disclosure. In particular, an indoor unit is stationary (e.g.anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling). Theindoor unit, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The indoor unit caninclude a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mainspowered). The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an inputdevice or an output device of the indoor unit. The indoor unit caninclude a controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, asdisclosed herein, where the controller is electrically coupled to theuser interface, as disclosed herein. The indoor unit can include awireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the indoor unit can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the indoor unit can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 23 shows a diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioner accordingto this disclosure. In particular, an air conditioner can be stationary(e.g. anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, orceiling) or mobile, which can be inclusive of wheels. The airconditioner, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The air conditionerincludes a cable exiting therefrom, such as for fixture battery manualrecharging, controlling another device or being controlled by anotherdevice, networking, or others. Note that the air condition can avoid thecable exiting therefrom, such as via being self-contained. The airconditioner can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the air conditioner.The air conditioner can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and auser interface, as disclosed herein, where the controller iselectrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The airconditioner can include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or the controller cancontrol the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, thewireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signalor receive a wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example,the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the air conditioner caninclude a wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control orinformation signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the air conditioner can becombined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or componentsthereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods,processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 24 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a smartboard according tothis disclosure. In particular, a smartboard, which can include aninteractive whiteboard (e.g. LCD, plasma, electrophoretic, touch orhaptic enabled, or others) can be stationary (e.g. anchored, secured,mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling) or mobile, which can beinclusive of wheels. The smartboard, inclusive of any component thereof,can operate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein.The smartboard can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the smartboard. Thesmartboard can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The smartboard caninclude a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the smartboard can include awireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control or informationsignal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asa wireless power signal source or target or as a wireless control orinformation signal source or target. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g.wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster,wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater,wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal range extender)in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobiledevices or stationary devices) or an independent, master, or slave node(e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot, wireless controlor informational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the smartboard can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 25-27 show a plurality of embodiments of a light bulb according tothis disclosure. In particular, a light bulb, inclusive of any componentthereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosedherein. The light bulb can be embodied as all light bulbs shown in FIG.25 (e.g. threaded, pins, or others) or others. The light bulb includes abase (e.g. cylinder with threads, housing or platform with pins, orothers), a light source (e.g. filament, light emitting diode (LED), gasdischarge, or others) and a casing (e.g. transparent, translucent,colored, frosted, or others). The casing is secured to the base (e.g.fastening, interlocking, mating, adhering, magnetizing, or others), thelight source is secured (e.g. fastening, interlocking, mating, adhering,magnetizing, or others) to the base (e.g. via platform, frame, chassis,columns, housing, or others), and the casing encloses the light source(e.g. dome, hemisphere, semi-ovoid, T-shape, or others) such that thelight source can output a light (e.g. white, colored, warm, cool,flashing, or others) through the casing. The light source can beincandescent, LED, gas-discharge (e.g. noble gas, helium, nitrogen,fluorescent, argon, krypton, xenon, neon, sodium, or others), CFL,halogen, or others. The light bulb can host a plurality of heatdispersing fins or a heat sink. The light bulb can include a sensor asdisclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered). Forexample, the sensor can include a proximity sensor, motion sensor,acoustic sensor, heat sensor, or others. The sensor can trigger anyinput or output action of an input device or an output device of thelight bulb (e.g. turn on or off, change color or intensity, controlwireless power signal setting or wireless control or information signalsettings, or others). Note that the light bulb can be included in astring of lights. Likewise, the string of lights can host all devices ofthe light bulb (e.g. wireless power signal or wireless control orinformation signal transmitters, wireless power signal or wirelesscontrol or information signal receivers, sensors, or others).

Note that in light fixtures (e.g. sconce fixtures or others) that haveshades or diffusers (e.g. transparent, translucent, colored, opaque,frosted, photovoltaic coating (transparent or non-transparent) or cells,or others), then the shades or diffusers (e.g. conical shaped, frustumshaped, tubular shaped, or others) can include a threaded or pin baseallowing for insertion into a bulb socket and have a bulb socket forreception of the light bulb, thereby enabling the shades or thediffusers functioning as adapters or intermediary devices between thelight bulb and the light fixture and providing electrical power to thelight bulb. In such scenarios, the shades or diffusers, inclusive of anycomponent thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, asdisclosed herein. For example, the shades or diffusers can include asensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered).The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device oran output device of the shades or diffusers. The shades or diffusers caninclude a controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, asdisclosed herein, where the controller is electrically coupled to theuser interface, as disclosed herein. The shades or diffusers can includea wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the shades or diffusers can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the shades or diffusers can be combined withall embodiments, devices, features, systems, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

The light bulb can include a network-enabled (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,Zigbee, Z-Wave, NFC, Insteon, radio, infrared, laser, acoustic, orothers) smart light bulb. The light bulb can include a controller, anetwork communication device, a card or data port, a mover, an inputdevice, a geolocation device, or an output device, each of which can becontrolled by the controller or powered via the light bulb. For example,the network communication device can include a Wi-Fi chip, Bluetoothchip, Zigbee chip, Z-Wave chip, or others. For example, the card or dataport can include a removable memory card (e.g. SD, mini SD, compactflash, memory stick, SIM card, MMC, Smart Media, or others), a USB port,a Lightening port, a micro USB port, or others, whether unidirectionalor bidirectional. For example, the mover can include an electric motor(e.g. brushed, brushless, or others), an actuator (e.g. electric,pneumatic, hydraulic, coiled polymer, memory alloy, mechanical,piezoelectric, or others), a gear system (e.g. planetary, rack-pinion,worm, or others), a hinge (e.g. spring, barrel, pivot, flag, or others),or others. For example, the input device can include a camera (e.g. wideangle, fish-eye, 360-degree, infrared, or others), a microphone or anacoustic sensor, or others. For example, the geolocation device caninclude a GPS device, a GLONASS device, a terrestrial base stationsignal triangulation device, or others. For example, the output devicecan include a display (e.g. LCD, plasma, electrophoretic, touch-enabledor haptic, or others), a speaker or transducer, or others. For example,the light bulb can be configured for a two-way audio session via thenetwork communication device (e.g. via Wi-Fi or others), the speaker andthe microphone. For example, the light bulb can be configured to adjusta position of the casing or the light source (e.g. can adjustillumination direction, wireless power signal or wireless control orinformation signal direction, or others), such as via the base beingconfigured for swiveling, rotation, tilting, pivoting, or others. Forexample, the base can have a first portion (e.g. with threads, pins, orothers) that remains stationary when inserted into a bulb socket and asecond portion that is configured to swivel, rotate, tilt, or pivotrelative to the first portion. These forms of movement can be manual,such as via hand adjustment, or automated, such as via the mover. Theseforms of movement can include more than one full rotation, less than onefull rotation, less about 360 degrees, 270 degrees, 180 degrees, 120degrees, 90 degrees, 60 degrees, 45 degrees, 30 degrees, 15 degrees, orless, whether along a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal plane or axis.

The light bulb can wirelessly pair with a stationary or mobile computingdevice (e.g. smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, wearable, vehicle, orothers) via a software application (e.g. dedicated, productivity suite,home or building security, browser, or others) or mobile app (e.g.downloaded from iTunes, Google Play, or others) over a network (e.g. 2ghz, 5 ghz, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, NFC, Li-Fi, or others).Consequently, the light bulb can grant the computing device read, write,or delete access to some, most, or all captured data (e.g. videos,photos, sounds, area map, or others), whether this access wired,wireless, or via the removable memory card. For example, the position ofthe casing or the light source can be adjusted remotely via thecomputing device (e.g. via touchscreen, joystick, physical or virtualkeyboard, cursor device, or others). For example, the position of thecasing or the light source can be adjusted via a timer or schedulinglogic of the software application or mobile app. For example, the timeror scheduling logic can be adjustable based on the geolocation device,such as when crossing time-zones, moving clocks back or forward, orothers. For example, the light bulb can host an image processing logic(e.g. software or hardware) to real-time preprocess image data, ifnecessary, and perform real-time object (e.g. opaque, non-opaque,transparent, translucent, frosted, or others) detection/tracking on thepreprocessed image data (e.g. humans, faces, poses, pets, furniture,eating or cooking utensils, construction or mechanic or industrialtools, toys, sports equipment, medical devices, firearms or explosives,wirelessly chargeable devices, robots, object actions, or others) andthen act accordingly. For example, some of such actions can includereading, writing, modifying, sending, or deleting local (e.g. light bulbmemory or others) or remote (e.g. computing device, server, or others)data (e.g. alphanumeric text, image, sound, videos, photos, or others).For example, some of such actions can include notify the computingdevice of some detected/tracked event, direct or redirect or focus orrefocus wireless power signals or wireless control or informationsignals to specified objects or specified areas or avoid specifiedobjects or specified areas or change wireless power modalities (e.g.between infrared laser beam and radio signals or others) or changewireless power settings (for one or more than one modality) or changewireless power rates or others) or move the casing or the light sourcetoward or away from specified objects or specified areas. For example,when the light bulb includes a plurality of acoustic sensors, then thelight bulb can be configured to emit sound signals (e.g. via transmitteror others) and detect/track objects via echoes of the sound signals oraid (e.g. confirm, deny, reconfirm, cooperate, collaborate, or others)camera-based object detection and then notify the computing device ofsome detected/tracked event, direct or redirect or focus or refocuswireless power signals or wireless control or information signals tospecified objects or specified areas or avoid specified objects orspecified areas or change wireless power modalities (e.g. betweeninfrared laser beam and radio signals or others) or change wirelesspower settings (for one or more than one modality) or change wirelesspower rates or others) or move the casing or the light source toward oraway from specified objects or specified areas. Note that the light bulbcan also wirelessly coordinate with off-board devices (e.g. smartphones,tablets, light fixtures, furniture, stationary devices, cameras,sensors, vehicles, or others) to detect/track objects aid (e.g. confirm,deny, reconfirm, cooperate, collaborate, or others) camera-based oracoustic-sensor-based object detection and then notify or enablenotification of the computing device of some detected/tracked event ordirect or redirect or focus or refocus wireless power signals orwireless control or information signals to specified objects orspecified areas or avoid specified objects or specified areas or changewireless power modalities (e.g. between infrared laser beam and radiosignals or others) or change wireless power settings (for one or morethan one modality) or change wireless power rates or others or move thecasing or the light source toward or away from specified objects orspecified areas.

The light bulb can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The light bulb caninclude a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the light bulb can include awireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control or informationsignal transceiver. For example, the light bulb can include a firstwireless power transmitter and a second wireless power transmitter,where the first wireless power transmitter transmits in accordance witha first modality (e.g. radio signal, infrared laser, or others) and thesecond wireless power transmitter transmits in accordance with a secondmodality (e.g. radio signal, infrared laser, or others), where the firstmodality can be identical to or different from each other. For example,the first wireless power transmitter transmits wireless power via radiosignals and the second wireless power transmitter transmits wirelesspower via infrared laser beams. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the light bulb can becombined with all embodiments, devices, features, systems, or componentsthereof as disclosed herein and can be used to perform all methods,processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

As shown in FIG. 26, the light bulb can include the wireless powersignal transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver) or the wirelesscontrol or information signal transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver). As such, the light bulb can include various signalpropagation devices to propagate those signals (e.g. antenna, infraredlaser beam lens, acoustic beam generator, or others), which may behelpful for signal propagation depending on how the light bulb isinstalled (e.g. facing down, facing up, facing sideways, or others). Forexample, the light bulb can host the signal propagation devices (e.g.antenna, infrared laser beam lens, or others) via the base, the casing,or internal light bulb structure hosting the light source (e.g.pedestal, column, housing, or others). For example, the casing or thebase can have the antenna extend thereon or therein horizontally,vertically, diagonally, rectilinearly, non-rectilinearly (e.g. arcuate,sinusoidal, zigzag, pulse, or others), grid or mesh (e.g.longitude-latitude or others) manner, open-shape manner, closed-shapemanner, asymmetrical manner, symmetrical manner, star manner, treemanner, lasso manner, symbol manner, alphanumeric character mannerinclusive of letters, numbers, grammar signs, small fonts, or capitalfonts (e.g. Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P, A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, Z,X, C, V, B, N, M, or others). As shown in FIG. 26, the light bulb istransmitting or receiving wireless power signals with a mobile device ina first wireless power modality (e.g. radio signals, infrared laserbeam, or others) and a stationary device in a second power modality(e.g. infrared laser beam, radio signals or others), where the firstwireless power modality (e.g. infrared laser beam) is different from thesecond wireless power modality (e.g. radio signals), although identicalmodality is possible. Note that this form of operation may also apply towireless control or informational signals. Further, note that signalpropagation can include sending of signals or receiving of signals, suchas via wireless transmitter or wireless receiver.

As shown in FIG. 27, the light bulb hosts a support unit supporting aninput device and a signal propagation device. In particular, the supportunit (e.g. column, housing, encasement, pedestal, beam, bar, wall,frame, chassis, platform, cable, chain, rope, or others) extends fromthe base and is encased by the casing. However, note that the supportunit does not need to be encased by the casing, but the casing canextend along, about, or around the support unit (e.g. umbrella style orothers) and the support unit can extend up to the casing, past thecasing, or below the casing (e.g. dimpled or others). For example, thesupport unit can be central or non-central (e.g. offset) to the casing.The support unit can be rigid, flexible, resilient, or elastic. Thelight sources (e.g. light diodes or others) can extend along, about, oraround the support unit. The input device is powered via the light bulband can include a camera, an acoustic sensor, a proximity sensor, amotion sensor, a temperature sensor, a heat sensor, or others. Thesignal propagation device is powered via the light bulb and can includean antenna, an infrared laser beam generator, or others. The signalpropagation device is included or electrically coupled to a wirelesspower signal transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver) or a wirelesscontrol or information signal transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver). The signal propagation device can extend along, about, oraround the input device, where such extension can be concentric,C-shaped, I-shaped, J-shaped, O-shaped, D-shaped, V-shaped, S-shaped,T-shaped, O-shaped, U-shaped, or others. The input device can extendalong, about, or around the propagation device, where such extension canbe concentric, C-shaped, I-shaped, J-shaped, O-shaped, D-shaped,V-shaped, S-shaped, T-shaped, O-shaped, U-shaped, or others. As such, asexplained above, the light bulb can employ the input device to assist inpropagation of wireless power signals or wireless control or informationsignals, as disclosed herein. For example, such assistance can enabledirect or redirect or focus or refocus wireless power signals orwireless control or information signals to specified objects orspecified areas or avoid specified objects or specified areas or changewireless power modalities (e.g. between infrared laser beam and radiosignals or others) or change wireless power settings (for one or morethan one modality) or change wireless power rates or others) or move thecasing or the light source toward or away from specified objects orspecified areas. Note that the support unit can include the wirelesspower signal receiver or the wireless power signal transmitter or thewireless control or information signal receiver or the wireless controlor information signal transmitter.

FIG. 28 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a toy vehicle according tothis disclosure. In particular, a toy vehicle (e.g. a body and anelongated looped handle), inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Thetoy vehicle can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the toy vehicle. Thetoy vehicle can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The toy vehicle caninclude a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the toy vehicle can include awireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control or informationsignal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asa wireless power signal source or target or as a wireless control orinformation signal source or target. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g.wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster,wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater,wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal range extender)in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobiledevices or stationary devices) or an independent, master, or slave node(e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot, wireless controlor informational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the toy vehicle can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 29 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a bench according to thisdisclosure. In particular, a bench (e.g. platform, legs, or others) canbe stationary (e.g. anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall,floor, or ceiling) or mobile, which can be inclusive of wheels. Thebench, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as a controlpanel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The bench can include asensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered).The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device oran output device of the bench. The bench can include a controller, asdisclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where thecontroller is electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosedherein. The bench can include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitteror receiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or the controllercan control the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example,the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wireless powersignal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. Forexample, the wireless transceiver can be configured to send a wirelesscontrol or informational signal or receive a wireless control orinformational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the bench caninclude a wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control orinformation signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the bench can be combinedwith all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof,as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 30 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a stationary phone accordingto this disclosure. In particular, a stationary phone (e.g. base, cord,headset, or others) is secured to a wall, as disclosed herein. Thestationary phone is powered via a power source (e.g. battery, mains, orothers). The stationary phone can communicate in a wired or wirelessmanner. The stationary phone, inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Thestationary phone can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g.battery, capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any inputor output action of an input device or an output device of thestationary phone. The stationary phone can include a controller, asdisclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, where thecontroller is electrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosedherein. The stationary phone can include a wireless transceiver (e.g.transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or thecontroller can control the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein.For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to send awireless power signal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to senda wireless control or informational signal or receive a wireless controlor informational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, thestationary phone can include a wireless power signal transceiver and awireless control or information signal transceiver. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal source ortarget or as a wireless control or information signal source or target.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as an independent,master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wirelesspower signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wirelesspower signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless powersignal range extender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g.wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationary devices) or anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless control orinformational signal hotspot, wireless control or informational signalbroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal rebroadcaster,wireless control or informational signal repeater, wireless control orinformation signal booster, or wireless control or informational signalrange extender) in a wireless control or informational mesh network(e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devices or stationary devices).However, note that a wireless charging network or a wireless control orinformational network can also be star-based or tree-based. Also, notethat the stationary phone can be combined with all embodiments, devices,features, systems, or components thereof, as disclosed herein, and canbe used to perform all methods, processes, algorithms, or sequences, asdisclosed herein.

FIG. 31 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a ground stake according tothis disclosure. In particular, a ground stake, inclusive of anycomponent thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, asdisclosed herein. The ground stake can be staked, moored, fastened, oranchored into a ground surface (e.g. soil, sod, mud, swamp, snow, sand,riverbed, sea floor, lake floor, ash, pebbles, coals, or others). Theground stake can include a portion (e.g. rectilinear or non-rectilinearor arcuate or sinusoidal or zigzag or symmetric or asymmetric oropen-shaped or closed-shaped or rigid or flexible or elastic orresilient mast, column, beam, pillar, housing, cabinet, enclosure, case,encasing, box, frame, platform, chassis, or others) extending above orpast the ground surface (e.g. less than about 1 foot, more than about 1foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, 5 feet, 7 feet, 10 feet, 15 feet, 100 feet, orothers) into air or water. For example, the ground stake can be embodiedas a driveway light, pathway light, garden light, runway light, weatherstation, soil sensor, or others. The stake (e.g. any section thereof) orthe portion (e.g. any section thereof) can include or be electricallycoupled to a battery (e.g. lithium, nickel, cadmium, less than about 1volt, about 2 volts, 4 volts, 12 volts, 14 volts, 16 volts, 18 volts, 24volts, 48 volts, 50 volts, an automotive battery, a deep-cycle battery,a lead-acid battery, a valve-regulated battery, nickel metal hydride orlithium ion battery, a fuel cell, a flow battery, a rechargeable batterystationary energy storage, or others) and a photo-voltaic cell or panelcharging the battery (e.g. via charge controller or others). The groundstake can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the ground stake. Theground stake can include an output device (e.g. battery, capacitor, ormains powered), such as a night lamp (e.g. driveway, walkway, backyard,pool, runway, or others), a bug repellent spray or mist or heated orburning incense smoke or steam emitter (e.g. mosquitoes, flies, bees,hornets, yellow-jackets, wasps, or others), a speaker (e.g. ultrasonic,music, human inaudible, animal audible, or others), a camera (e.g.wide-angle, fish-eye, pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ), infrared, or others). Theground stake can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The ground stake caninclude a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the ground stake can include awireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control or informationsignal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asa wireless power signal source or target or as a wireless control orinformation signal source or target. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g.wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster,wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater,wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal range extender)in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobiledevices or stationary devices) or an independent, master, or slave node(e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot, wireless controlor informational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the ground stake can be combined with allembodiments, devices, features, systems, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 32a-32b show diagrams of various embodiments of extension cordsaccording to this disclosure. In particular, each extension cord,inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as a control panel or aload device, as disclosed herein. Each extension cord, which can includea surge protector system, includes an electrical cable (e.g. about 0.3foot, 0.5 foot, 0.75 foot, 1 foot, 3 feet, 5 feet, 10 feet, 15 feet, 20feet, 30 feet, 50 feet, or others) with an electrical plug and a housingwith an electrical socket. The electrical cable extends from the housingsuch that the electrical cable spans between the electrical plug and thehousing. The housing can include a controller and a user interface,where the controller is electrically coupled to the user interface, asdisclosed herein. The housing (or the electrical cable or the electricalplug) includes a sensor or a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver), as disclosed herein. The sensor can trigger any input oroutput action of an input device or an output device of the extensioncord. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, each extension cord can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that each extension cord can be combined with allembodiments, devices, features, systems, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 33a-33b show diagrams of various embodiments of power stripsaccording to this disclosure. In particular, each power strip, inclusiveof any component thereof, can operate as a control panel or a loaddevice, as disclosed herein. Each power strip, which can include a surgeprotector system or a battery backup system, includes an electrical cord(e.g. about 1 foot, 3 feet, 5 feet, 10 feet, 15 feet, 20 feet, 30 feet,50 feet, or others) with an electrical plug and a housing with variouselectrical sockets (or coaxial cable connectors or modular connectors).The electrical cord extends from the housing such that the electricalcord spans between the electrical plug and the housing. The housing caninclude a controller and a user interface, where the controller iselectrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. Thehousing (or the electrical cord or the electrical plug) includes asensor or a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The sensor can trigger any input or output action ofan input device or an output device of the power strip. The userinterface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver, asdisclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, each power strip can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or informational signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that each power strip can be combined with allembodiments, devices, features, systems, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 34a-34d show diagrams of various embodiment of wall outletsaccording to this disclosure. In particular, each wall outlet, inclusiveof any component thereof, can operate as a control panel or a loaddevice, as disclosed herein. FIG. 34a shows a combination wall outletwith a pair of AC outlets and a pair of USB ports (e.g. USB v1, USB v2,USB v3, or others), although other data ports are possible (e.g.Lightning, micro-USB, Thunderbolt, PDMI, dock connector, or others).FIG. 34b shows a combination wall outlet for a 20 ampere electricalcircuit. FIG. 34c shows a combination wall outlet with a single AC plugsocket and a pair of USB ports. FIG. 34d shows a wall outlet with fourUSB ports. Note that an outlet with an AC plug socket and no USB portsis possible as well. Further note that an outlet can be configured for110 volts or 220 volts or others.

When installed, each wall outlet, which can include a surge protectorsystem or a light source system, includes a face plate (e.g. cover plateor others) and an electrical receptacle, either of which can include acontroller and a user interface, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The face plate orthe electrical receptacle can include the control panel or the loaddevice, as disclosed herein. For example, the face plate or theelectrical receptacle may include a light source (e.g. LED or halogen orincandescent bulb, blacklight bulb, LED strip) or a display (e.g. LCD,electrophoretic, touch-enabled, haptic) that can activate/deactivate,turn on/off, pulsate, flicker, adjust luminosity, output alphanumeric orpictorial content, change alphanumeric or pictorial content, or anyother illumination or display property when wirelessly charging anotherdevice or being wirelessly charged relative to not wirelessly charginganother device or not being wirelessly charged or vice versa.

Likewise, regardless of how embodied as disclosed herein, the controlpanel or the load device can communicate (e.g. wired, wireless,waveguide, radio, infrared, acoustic) with each other or with asmartphone, tablet, eyewear unit, laptop or another mobile device havinga camera, a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator, anacoustic reader, or another reading device. As such, if (1) the controlpanel or the load device are wirelessly charging each other or anotherdevice or being charged by another device, and (2) the camera, the RFIDinterrogator, the acoustic read, or another reading device are oriented,pointed, focused, or otherwise directed at the control panel or the loaddevice, then (3) the smartphone, tablet, eyewear unit, laptop or anothermobile device can output an augmented reality content related to thischarging. For example, the augmented reality content can inform a userthat wireless changing is taking place, for how long, between whichdevices, how much wireless charging has been done so far, how muchwireless charging is expected, wireless charging levels, wirelesscharging interference, suggestions on to increase or decrease speed ofwireless charging, modality of wireless charging, wireless chargingrate, battery levels, battery type, how much time remaining untilbattery is full, or others.

The face plate or the electrical receptacle can include a sensor or awireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an inputdevice or an output device of the face plate or the electricalreceptacle. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the face plate or theelectrical receptacle can include a wireless power signal transceiverand a wireless control or information signal transceiver. For example,the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal sourceor target or as a wireless control or information signal source ortarget. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot,wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster,wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, orwireless power signal range extender) in a wireless charging meshnetwork (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or informational signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the face plate or the electrical receptaclecan be combined with all embodiments, devices, features, systems, orcomponents thereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform allmethods, processes, algorithms, or sequences as disclosed herein.

FIG. 35 shows a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodiments ofAC power plugs and sockets that can be included in all embodiments ofthis disclosure according to this disclosure. In particular, all devicesdisclosed herein or all components thereof can host all plugs or socketsshown in FIG. 35.

Note that this disclosure can also relate to medicine inclusive ofmedical or biological research. In particular, a medical (inclusive ofresearch) device, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The medical devicecan include a housing, a case, an encasement, a casing, an enclosure, aframe, a member, a chassis, a platform, a cable, a rope, a chain, afabric, or others and can be equipped with or host all devices disclosedherein, component of all devices disclosed herein, feature of alldevices disclosed herein in all combinatory manner or can be configuredto perform all methods disclosed herein, algorithm disclosed herein,technique disclosed herein, process disclosed herein in all combinatorymanners.

The medical device can include a controller and a user interface, wherethe controller is electrically coupled to the user interface, asdisclosed herein. The medical device includes a sensor or a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Thesensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device or anoutput device of the medical device. The user interface or thecontroller can control the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein.For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to send awireless power signal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to senda wireless control or informational signal or receive a wireless controlor informational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the medicaldevice can include a wireless power signal transceiver and a wirelesscontrol or information signal transceiver. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as a wireless power signal source or target oras a wireless control or information signal source or target. Forexample, the wireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or informational signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the medical device can becombined with all embodiments, devices, systems, or components thereofas disclosed herein and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

The medical device can be configured to forecast, diagnose, monitor, ortreat a medical condition, disorder, or disease of a human, an animal, apet, a fish, or a bird, whether unborn, born, baby, infant, toddler,preschooler, kid, teen, adult, elderly, paralyzed, wheel-chair bound, orothers. The medical device can include a mechanical device, anelectro-mechanical, or a software-driven device, inclusive as awearable, such as a bandage, a wristband, an armband, a headband, adiaper, a vest, a garment (of all types on all body parts e.g. head,neck, torso, hand, arm, foot, leg), a shoe (of all types), a skin patch(e.g. worn underneath clothing or exposed), an activity tracker, a hat,a skullcap, an eyewear frame, an artificial eyewear lens, or others. Forexample, the medical device can include a glucose level sensor, aninsulin level sensor, an estrogen level sensor, a hormone level sensor,a cortisol sensor, a printed nanocircuit, a cholesterol level sensor, apeptide sensor, an oxytocin sensor, a parathyroid hormone or others. Forexample, the medical device can be configured for forecasting,diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of disease,condition, or disorder or for diagnosis, monitoring, treatment,alleviation, or compensation for an injury or handicap or forinvestigation, replacement, or modification of patient anatomy or of aphysiological process. The medical device can be active or passive,whether implanted or semi-implanted or non-implanted, whether internallyor externally. For example, the medical device as implanted can bemanufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support adamaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biologicalstructure. For example, the medical device can include a biomedicalmaterial, such as titanium, silicone, gold, carbon nanotube, shapememory material (e.g. alloy, polymer, nitinol), or others. For example,the medical device can include artificial pacemaker, cochlear implant,bioactive device (e.g. subcutaneous drug delivery devices in form ofimplantable pills, drug-eluting stents, or others). For example, whenthe medical device is implanted, then the medical device can includesensory implant for disorders affecting major senses or brain, as wellas other neurological disorders, such as cataract, glaucoma,keratoconus, and other visual impairments; otosclerosis and otherhearing loss issues, as well as middle ear diseases, such as otitismedia or others; and neurological diseases, such as epilepsy,Parkinson's disease, treatment-resistant depression, or others. Forexample, when the medical device is implanted, then the medical devicecan include intraocular lens, intrastromal corneal ring segment,cochlear implant, tympanostomy tube, or others. For example, when themedical device is implanted, then the medical device can includecardiovascular medical devices implanted in cases where heart, itsvalves, or rest of circulatory system is in disorder. The cardiovasculardevices can be used to treat conditions, such as heart failure, cardiacarrhythmia, ventricular tachycardia, valvular heart disease, anginapectoris, atherosclerosis, or others. The cardiovascular devices caninclude artificial heart, artificial heart valve, implantablecardioverter-defibrillator, cardiac pacemaker, coronary stent, orothers. For example, when the medical device is implanted, then themedical device can include orthopedic implants to help alleviate issueswith bones and joints of body. The orthopedic implants can be used totreat bone fractures, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, spinal stenosis,chronic pain, or others. The orthopedic implants can include pins, rods,screws, and plates used to anchor fractured bones while those heal. Forexample, when the medical device is implanted, then the medical devicecan include contraceptive implants to prevent unintended pregnancy ortreat conditions, such as non-pathological forms of menorrhagia. Thecontraceptive implants can include copper or hormone-based intrauterinedevices. For example, when the medical device is implanted, then themedical device can include cosmetic implants—often prosthetics—attemptto bring some portion of body back to an acceptable aesthetic norm. Thecosmetic implants can be used as a follow-up to mastectomy due to breastcancer, for correcting some forms of disfigurement, and modifyingaspects of the body (as in buttock augmentation, facial augmentation, orothers). The cosmetic implants can include breast implant, noseprosthesis, ocular prosthesis, or others. For example, when the medicaldevice is implanted, then the medical device can be used for other typesof organ dysfunction can occur in body systems including thegastrointestinal, respiratory, or urological systems. For example, themedical device as implanted can be used in those and other locations totreat conditions, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease,gastroparesis, respiratory failure, sleep apnea, urinary and fecalincontinence, erectile dysfunction, or others. Some examples of medicaldevices include adhesion barrier, adjustable gastric band, aortic valve,argus retinal prosthesis, artificial facet replacement, artificialheart, artificial heart valve, artificial iris, artificial kidney,artificial lung, artificial organ, artificial cardiac pacemaker,artificial pancreas, artificial urinary bladder, auditory brainstemimplant, stent, bioresorbable stent, Bjork-Shiley valve, brain implant,breast implant, catheter, syringe, hypodermic needle, cannula, boneimplant, artificial bone, cerebral shunt, cervical pessary, cochlearimplant, contraceptive implant, cortical implant, craniofacialprosthesis, dental implant, direct acoustic cochlear implant,drug-eluting stent, endobronchial valve, endoclip, esophageal stent,etonogestrel birth control implant, flow diverter, glaucoma valve,hippocampal prosthesis, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator,implantable loop recorder, inferior vena cava filter, insulin pump,infusion device, internalnet device, intraocular lens, intrathecal pump,kirschner wire, levonorgestrel-releasing implant, microchip implant,mynx vascular closure device, neuroprosthetics, ocular prosthesis,ossicular replacement prosthesis, palatal obturator, penile prosthesis,peritoneovenous shunt, pessary, sponge, port, portacaval shunt, propelmometasone furoate implant, punctal plug, retinal implant, root analoguedental implant, self-expandable metallic stent, shunt, sinus implant,sling, stent, stent-electrode recording array, lumbar anterior rootstimulator, subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD), subdermalimplant, surgical mesh, transdermal implant, transjugular intrahepaticportosystemic shunt, tympanostomy tube, ureteric stent, vascular closuredevice, ventricular assist device, visual prosthesis, voice prosthesis,Wade-Dahl-Till valve, or others. For example, the medical device caninclude a dialysis machine, a saline machine, a blood transfusionmachine, a heart pump, or others.

For example, the medical device can include a patch. The patch can besquare, rectangular, circular, oval, triangular, wristband shaped,volumetric, helical, sinusoidal, arcuate, polygonal, or others. Thepatch can be kid friendly (e.g. cartoon characters), transparent,translucent, opaque, or others. The patch (e.g. liner, housing,reservoir, drug gel, drug fluid, drug coating, drug powder, drugcomposition, adhesive, membrane, backing permeation enhancer, matrixfiller, circuitry, pump, actuator, motor, needle, processor, memory,sensor, transmitter, receiver, input device, output device as disclosedherein) can include a dermal or skin patch (e.g. deliver medication intoskin), a transdermal patch (e.g. deliver medication through skin intobloodstream), a nicotine patch, an insulin injection patch, a glucosemonitoring patch, or others. The patch can be adhered (or otherwisecoupled) to a patient (e.g. human, animal) at head (e.g. cheeks, nose,forehead, chin, ears, behind ears, eyelids, temples), neck (e.g. front,side, back), torso (e.g. chest, stomach area, back), right or left arm(e.g. upper arm, elbow, lower arm), right or left hand (e.g. palm, back,fingers), right or left leg (e.g. upper leg, knee, lower leg), right orleft foot (e.g. toes, ankle, upper foot, sole), tail, horn, or otherbody parts. The patch (or any layer or component thereof) can include afabric, a plastic, a metal, a shape memory material, leather, rubber,silicon, paper, interweaved circuitry (e.g. processor, memory,transmitter, receiver, sensor, input device, output device all asdisclosed herein), a fabric with interweaved circuitry, a medicinalcoating, or others. For example, the patch can include a bandage, aflector (diclofenac epolamine) patch (e.g. nonsteroidalanti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) topical patch for treatment of acute paindue to minor strains, sprains, contusions, for treatment of pain andinflammation for chronic conditions benefiting from NSAIDs, includingfibromyalgia and arthritis), lidocaine patch (e.g. for treatment ofperipheral pain of shingles (herpes zoster), for treatment of pain fromacute injuries and chronic pain), a scopolamine patch (e.g. fortreatment of motion sickness), an opiod patch, a hormonal patch, anitroglycerin patch, a clonidine patch, an emsam patch, a vitamin patch,an analgesic patch, an insulin injection patch, a glucose monitoringpatch (e.g. needleless, reservoir collection based), or others. Forexample, the patch can include a non-invasive adhesive patch that drawsglucose out from fluid between cells across hair follicles that areindividually accessed through an array of miniature sensors using anelectric current (as enabled by on-board battery wirelessly recharged asdisclosed herein). The patch can include a single layer or multilayerdrug-in-adhesive. The patch can have a reservoir and a sensor, asdisclosed herein, monitoring the reservoir (or any fluid therein). Forexample, the patch can include a FreeStyleLibre patch type. For example,the medical device, whether the control panel or the load device, can beswallowed (e.g. tablet, capsule, caplet, pill), which can be tracked,guided, interrogated, interfaced, or recharged. Note that although thepatch is disclosed for a medical use, the patch can also be anon-medical patch, such as a wall patch, a clothing patch, a sensorpatch, or others.

For example, some medical conditions, disorders, or diseases can includearthritis, hypo and hypertension, asthma, cancer (e.g. lung, bronchus,prostate, colon, rectum, breast, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, bladder,endometrial, kidney, leukemia, melanoma, non-hydgkin lymphoma, thyroid,or others), diabetes (e.g. type 1 and type 2), bronchitis, coronaryheart disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease,epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, stroke, heart attack,chronic kidney disease, deep vein thrombosis, shingles, acne, anxiety,sleep apnea, atherosclerosis, nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, skin burn,nephrosis, gallstones, jaundice, cirrhosis, dyspepsia, gastric ulcer,infectious disease (e.g. flu or others), scoliosis, spondylosis, spinalstenosis, bone fracture, ischemic heart disease, or others.

FIGS. 36a-c show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of orthopedic boots, shoes, or casts according to thisdisclosure. In particular, an orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast can includeplastic, metal, wood, leather, rubber, silicon, shape memory material,fabric, gypsum, buttons, snaps, strings, hook-and-loop straps, belts,buckles, or others. The orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast, inclusive of anycomponent thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, asdisclosed herein. The orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast can host (e.g.internal or external to main body, straps, buckles, sole, sleeve, base)a battery (e.g. button cell, cylindrical, flat, cuboid, cube, spherical,conical, pyramidal), which can be non-rechargeable or rechargeable. Theorthopedic boot, shoe, or cast can externally host a photovoltaic cell,which can be electrically coupled to the battery (e.g. via inverter) tocharge the battery. The orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast can include asensor, as disclosed herein. The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the orthopedic boot,shoe, or cast. The orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast can include acontroller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosedherein, where the controller is electrically coupled to the userinterface, as disclosed herein. The orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast caninclude a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the orthopedic boot, shoe, orcast can include a wireless power signal transceiver and a wirelesscontrol or information signal transceiver. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as a wireless power signal source or target oras a wireless control or information signal source or target. Forexample, the wireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the orthopedic boot, shoe,or cast can be combined with all embodiments, devices, systems,features, or components thereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used toperform all methods, processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosedherein. Note that the orthopedic boot, shoe, or cast is illustrative andother orthopedic devices can be used, whether additionally oralternatively. For example, some of such orthopedic devices can includea splint (e.g. ankle stirrups, finger splints, nasal splint, posteriorlower leg splints, posterior full leg splints, posterior elbow splints,sugar tongs, thumb spicas, ulnar gutters, volar wrist splints, wrist/armsplints, vacuum splints, traction splints, structural aluminum malleablesplints), a cervical collar (e.g. hard, soft), a kendrick extricationdevice, a spinal board, an orthotic or diabetic shoe insert (e.g. withtemperature, pressure, or heat based shape changing material), a forearmor axillary crutch (e.g. cuff, handgrip, post, tip, shoulder rest,handgrip, central strut), a wheelchair (e.g. seat, frame, hand rest,front wheels, back wheels, push handles), a diabetic shoe, an orthoticshoe with a shape shifting sole (e.g. motor-based, actuator-based,gas/air/liquid inflation pump-based, heating element-based, pneumaticvalve-based) or others, whether implanted or non-implanted.

FIG. 37 shows an embodiment of a toilet having a seat with a coverdispenser according to this disclosure. In particular, a toilet (e.g.single flush, dual flush) having a seat (e.g. U-shape, C-shape, O-shape,D-shape) with a cover dispenser (e.g. Brill toilet seat cover dispensertype) enables a user to have a more sanitary toilet. The cover dispenserincludes a roll of a clean cover web (e.g. paper web, plastic web,fabric web, elastic web, leather web), a roll of a dirty cover web (e.g.paper web, plastic web, fabric web, elastic web, leather web), aprocessor (e.g. single core, multicore, PLC, circuit board, chip), anelectric motor (e.g. brushed, brushless), a blade (e.g. flat, serrated),a sensor (e.g. motion, proximity, image, acoustic), a battery (e.g.button cell, cylindrical, flat cuboid, cube, spherical, conical,pyramidal), an informational wireless transceiver (e.g. receiver ortransmitter), and a wireless power transceiver (e.g. receiver ortransmitter). The clean cover web or the dirty cover web can flatly reston the seat, be U-shaped over the seat, C-shaped over the seat, D-shapedover the seat, O-shaped over the seat, or others. The processor iscoupled (e.g. wired, wireless) to the electric motor, the sensor, theinformational wireless transceiver, and the wireless power transceiver,at least some, many, most, or all of these components are powered viathe battery. The roll of the clean cover web is coupled to the roll ofthe dirty cover web (e.g. same web). The battery can be rechargeable ornon-rechargeable. When requested by the processor based on the sensor,the electric motor engages the roll of the dirty cover web and removes(e.g. pulls) the dirty cover web from the seat and introduces the cleancover web to the seat. The blade can cut the dirty cover web (e.g. toprevent reuse) before rolling the dirty cover web onto the roll of thedirty cover web. The electric motor engages the roll of the dirty coverweb when a user is sensed via the sensor or when the user activates aninput device coupled to the processor. For example, the user can wave ahand in front of a wall-mounted, hands-free sensor (e.g. motion sensor,proximity sensor, image sensor, acoustic sensor). For example, the usercan press or depress a button or icon (e.g. physical, virtual).

The toilet, the seat, the cover dispenser, or a web of material (e.g.clean, dirty), inclusive of any component thereof, can operate as acontrol panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The toilet, theseat, the cover dispenser, or the web of material can include a sensor,as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered). Thesensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device or anoutput device of the toilet, the seat, the cover dispenser, or the webof material. The toilet, the seat, the cover dispenser, or the web ofmaterial can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The toilet, theseat, the cover dispenser, or the web of material can include a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the toilet, the seat, the cover dispenser, or the web ofmaterial can include a wireless power signal transceiver and a wirelesscontrol or information signal transceiver. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as a wireless power signal source or target oras a wireless control or information signal source or target. Forexample, the wireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the toilet, the seat, thecover dispenser, or the web of material can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 38 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a clock arranged on a wall(or floor or ceiling) according to this disclosure. In particular, theclock includes a central housing coupled (e.g. anchored, secured, mated,fastened, adhered, bolted, hook-and-looped, magnetized, suction cupped,bonded, bracketed) to a wall (or floor or ceiling). The central housingincludes a plurality of hands (e.g. hour, minute, or second). The clockincludes a clockface defined via a plurality of dial symbols coupled(e.g. anchored, secured, mated, fastened, adhered, bolted,hook-and-looped, magnetized, suction cupped, bonded, bracketed) to thewall (or floor or ceiling) about the central housing. The centralhousing can house various internal components (e.g. gears, weights,pendulum, springs). The central housing, the hands, or the dial symbolscan exhibit photoluminescence. The central housing, the hands, or thedial symbols can include an alarm function.

The central housing, the hands, or the dial symbols can be powered via apower source (e.g. mains powerline, battery, accumulator). The batterycan be or avoid being button cell, cylindrical, flat cuboid, cube,spherical, conical, or pyramidal. The central housing, the hands, or thedial symbols can include a photovoltaic cell coupled to the battery(e.g. inverter) to charge the battery. The central housing, the hands,or the dial symbols, inclusive of any component thereof, can operate asa control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. The centralhousing, the hands, or the dial symbols can include a sensor, asdisclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered). The sensorcan trigger any input or output action of an input device or an outputdevice of the clock. The central housing, the hands, or the dial symbolsa controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosedherein, where the controller is electrically coupled to the userinterface, as disclosed herein. The clock can include a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the clock can include a wireless power signal transceiverand a wireless control or information signal transceiver. For example,the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal sourceor target or as a wireless control or information signal source ortarget. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot,wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster,wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, orwireless power signal range extender) in a wireless charging meshnetwork (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the clock can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 39 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a treadmill for measuring aposture of a foot according to this disclosure. In particular, atreadmill 10 includes an endless belt 12 having an upper run 14 whichprovides a support surface upon which a user 16 may stride upon (e.g.walk, jog, run). The belt 12 is supported by a frame which includes aleft-side member 18, a right-side member 20, a pair of opposing L-shapedhandles 26, and a front housing 22 for rotational movement therebetween.Attached to the front housing 22 is an upright post 24 for supporting aplurality of handrails 26 and a console 28. The belt 12 (or a portion ofthe frame below the belt 12) can include a plurality of sensors 50, 52,as disclosed herein. For example, the sensors 50, 52 can includepressure sensors, load cells, accelerometers, gyroscopes, acousticsensors, or others. The sensors 50, 52 can sense a posture of a foot ofthe user 16, as the user 16 is striding on the belt 12, when the belt 12is moving (e.g. powered). For example, the posture can include varioussize or pressure points (e.g. toes, arch, heel, sole) or lack thereof ofthe foot relative to the belt 12 (or a portion of the frame below thebelt 12), as sensed via the sensors 50, 52. For example, the user 16 canstride the belt 12 less than about 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 minute inclusivelyand inclusive of all time periods therebetween. For example, the belt 12can be kept at constant speed, accelerated, or decelerated, whether ascontrolled by the user 16, a service provider (e.g. podiatrist, nurse)or on-the-fly (e.g. heuristics based on user parameters, machinelearning based on user parameters) in order to see how the posturechanges based on striding speed. For example, the belt 12 can be kept atconstant level, inclined, or declined, whether as controlled by the user16, a service provider (e.g. podiatrist, nurse) or on-the-fly (e.g.heuristics based on user parameters, machine learning based on userparameters) in order to see how the posture changes based on stridingsurface angling. At least one of the handles 26 may include a bio sensor(e.g. heartrate, pressure, pulse), which can sense a bio parameter ofthe user 16, while the user 16 is striding on the belt 12. The bioparameter may be used to supplement the sensed data from the sensors 50,52, inclusive of striding speed and surface angling modalities.

The sensors 50, 52 (inclusive of the bio sensor) can share, avail, send,or upload (e.g. wired, wireless) this sensed data to the console 28 foravailing, sharing, sending, or uploading (e.g. wired, wireless) to acomputing unit (e.g. laptop, desktop, terminal, kiosk, workstation,tablet, smartphone, wearable), whether local or remote to the treadmill10. The computing unit converts this sensed data into a visualrepresentation (e.g. diagram, graph, icons, avatar, two dimensional,three dimensional, volumetric) that enables a medical service provider(e.g. podiatrist, nurse) to visualize the posture of the foot of theuser 16. The sensed data or the visual representation can be used togenerate a set of data based on which a custom orthotic or diabetic shoeinsert (e.g. arch supports, insoles, heel liners, foot cushions) orcustom orthotic shoe or diabetic shoe can be formed (e.g. additivelymanufactured, subtractively manufactured, CNC manufactured, plastercasted, foam boxed, molded, 3D printed) for the user 16. The customorthotic or diabetic shoe insert or custom orthotic shoe or diabeticshoe can be used to treat flatfoot, cavus foot, high or low arches,second metatarsalgia, metatarsalgia, arthritis, pain relief, ulcers,calluses, toe walking, foot and gait abnormalities resulting fromdiabetes or another medical condition failed surgery or injury, footdeformities resulting from failed surgery or a medical condition orinjury, or other foot or ankle or physiological conditions. Since theposture of the foot of the user 16 is sensed, while the user 16 iscontinuously striding on the belt 12, which is continuous, the senseddata is more accurate and faster to obtain than having the user 16 walkback and forth across a still mat having the sensors 50, 52.

The treadmill 10 (or any component thereof) can be stationary (e.g.anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling) ormobile, which can be inclusive of wheels. The treadmill 10, inclusive ofany component thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device,as disclosed herein. The treadmill 10 can be or avoid being mainspowered or battery (e.g. button cell, cylindrical, flat cuboid, cube,spherical, conical, pyramidal) powered. The treadmill 10 (or anycomponent thereof) can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g.battery, capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any inputor output action of an input device or an output device of the treadmill10 (or any component thereof). The treadmill 10 (or any componentthereof) can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The treadmill 10 (orany component thereof) can include a wireless transceiver (e.g.transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or thecontroller can control the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein.For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to send awireless power signal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to senda wireless control or informational signal or receive a wireless controlor informational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the treadmill10 (or any component thereof) can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the treadmill 10 (or any component thereof)can be combined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features, orcomponents thereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform allmethods, processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 40 shows a diagram of a weighing scale according to thisdisclosure. In particular, a weighing scale (e.g. platform, legs) can bestationary (e.g. anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor,or ceiling) or mobile, which can be inclusive of wheels. The weighingscale include a battery, which be rechargeable or non-rechargeable. Thebattery can be or avoid being button cell, cylindrical, flat cuboid,cube, spherical, conical, or pyramidal. The weighing scale, inclusive ofany component thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device,as disclosed herein. The weighing scale can include a sensor, asdisclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered). The sensorcan trigger any input or output action of an input device or an outputdevice of the weighing scale. The weighing scale can include acontroller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosedherein, where the controller is electrically coupled to the userinterface, as disclosed herein. The weighing scale can include awireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosedherein. The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the weighing scale can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the weighing scale can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof, asdisclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 41a and 41b show a diagram of an embodiment of an air fresheneraccording to this disclosure. In particular, an air freshener (e.g.Airwick type, Glade type, heating element based) with a removable orsingle use cartridge (e.g. scented oil) can be plugged into a walloutlet. The air freshener, inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Theair freshener can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery,capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any input or outputaction of an input device or an output device of the air freshener. Theair freshener can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and a userinterface, as disclosed herein, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The air freshenercan include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), asdisclosed herein. The user interface or the controller can control thewireless transceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless power signal or receivea wireless power signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can be configured to send a wireless control orinformational signal or receive a wireless control or informationalsignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the air freshener can includea wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control orinformation signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the air freshener can becombined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or componentsthereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods,processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 42a and 42b show a diagram of an embodiment of a vital signsdevice and a stand according to this disclosure. In particular, a vitalsigns device (e.g. Welch Allyn type) can be used on the stand (e.g.Welch Allyn type), mounted on a wall, or mounted to an IV pole mount.The vital signs device includes a battery, which can be rechargeable ornon-rechargeable. The battery can be or avoid being button cell,cylindrical, flat cuboid, cube, spherical, conical, or pyramidal. Thevital signs device includes a probe, a pulse oximeter, an inflatablecuff, or others. For example, the vital signs device can be configuredto obtain blood pressure (e.g. noninvasive), heart pulse, temperature(e.g. axillary, rectal), SpO2 reading, or others. The vital signs deviceor the stand can be stationary (e.g. anchored, secured, mated, orfastened to a wall, floor, or ceiling) or mobile, which can be inclusiveof wheels. The vital signs device or the stand, inclusive of anycomponent thereof, can operate as a control panel or a load device, asdisclosed herein. The vital signs device or the stand can include asensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mains powered).The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an input device oran output device of the vital signs device or the stand. The vital signsdevice or the stand can include a controller, as disclosed herein, and auser interface, as disclosed herein, where the controller iselectrically coupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. Thevital signs device or the stand can include a wireless transceiver (e.g.transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. The user interface or thecontroller can control the wireless transceiver, as disclosed herein.For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to send awireless power signal or receive a wireless power signal, as disclosedherein. For example, the wireless transceiver can be configured to senda wireless control or informational signal or receive a wireless controlor informational signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the vitalsigns device or the stand can include a wireless power signaltransceiver and a wireless control or information signal transceiver.For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless powersignal source or target or as a wireless control or information signalsource or target. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate asan independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signalhotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signalrebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signalbooster, or wireless power signal range extender) in a wireless chargingmesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the vital signs device or the stand can becombined with all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or componentsthereof, as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods,processes, algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIGS. 43a-43d show a plurality of diagrams of a plurality of embodimentsof a plurality of powered vents/registers/dampers according to thisdisclosure. In particular, a vent/register/damper can be a supply unitor a return unit in a residential, industrial, commercial, or vehicularHVAC system. The vent/register/damper can include a frame (e.g.rectangular, square, oval, triangular, polygonal, circular). The framecan be covered by a grill cover. The grill cover can be coupled (e.g.fastening, mating, interlocking, mounting, bracketing, snapping,hook-and-looping, adhering, magnetizing, suction cupping) to the frame,an HVAC duct, a wall, a floor, a ceiling, a vertical member, ahorizontal member, or a diagonal member.

The frame can host a battery, which can be rechargeable ornon-rechargeable. The battery can be or avoid being button cell,cylindrical, flat cuboid, cube, spherical, conical, or pyramidal.

The frame can also host a processor (e.g. single core, multicore,processing circuit, PLC), a mover (e.g. electric motor, brushed motor,brushless motor, actuator), a sensor (e.g. pressure, humidity,temperature), and a transceiver, some, many, most, or all can be poweredvia the battery. The processor can be in communication (e.g. wired,wireless) with the mover, the sensor, and the transceiver. The processorcan control the mover. The sensor can sense various operationalparameters of the vent/register/damper, such as pressure, staticpressure, dynamic pressure, temperature, humidity, air blockage, orothers. The processor can control the motor based on the sensor. Thetransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver) that can receive (e.g. wired,wirelessly) or send (e.g. wirelessly) information to a computing devicedistal to or spaced apart from the vent/register/damper.

The frame can further host a plurality of blades/foils/fins/grates (e.g.rectangular, square, oval, triangular, polygonal, circular, teardropcross-section, uniform cross-section, varying cross-section) that canmove (e.g. tilt, rotate, pivot, slide, cascade, telescope) relative tothe frame along a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal axis. Theblades/foils/fins/grates can be configured to move based on a manualinput (e.g. user adjustment). The blades/foils/fins/grates can becoupled (e.g. gears, shafts, brackets, hinges, pulleys, cords) to themover such that the blades/foils/fins/grates move based on the mover.The blades/foils/fins/grates can move between a plurality of positions.For example, the positions can include an open position based on which afluid (e.g. gas, conditioned air) is output (e.g. supply) from the HVACduct past the blades/foils/fins/grates or vice versa (e.g. return). Forexample, the positions can include a closed position based on which afluid (e.g. gas, conditioned air) is not output (e.g. supply) from theHVAC duct past the blades/foils/fins/grates or vice versa (e.g. return).Note that positions intermediary between the open position and theclosed positions are included as well.

The computing device can include a smartphone, a tablet, a wearable, orothers. The computing unit can include a remote unit inclusive of ahousing, which can be puck shaped, disc shaped, spherical, ovoid, cube,cuboid, pyramidal, cylindrical, or others. The housing can be stationaryor mobile. The housing can include a battery, which can be rechargeableor non-rechargeable. The battery can be button cell, cylindrical, flatcuboid, cube, spherical, conical, or pyramidal. The housing can includea sensor, as disclosed herein. For example, the sensor can include atemperature sensor, a proximity sensor, a motion sensor, a humiditysensor, or others. The housing can include a transceiver (e.g. receiveror transmitter) that can communicate (e.g. wired, wirelessly) with thetransceiver of the frame. For example, such communication can includevarious information (e.g. temperature, humidity, pressure, objectpresence) that can trigger or avoid triggering the motor (or an input oroutput device of the vent/register/damper) to move theblades/foils/fins/grates.

The vent/register/damper, inclusive of any component thereof, canoperate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosed herein. Thevent/register/damper can include a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g.battery, capacitor, or mains powered). The sensor can trigger any inputor output action of an input device or an output device of thevent/register/damper. The vent/register/damper can include a controller,as disclosed herein, and a user interface, as disclosed herein, wherethe controller is electrically coupled to the user interface, asdisclosed herein. The vent/register/damper can include a wirelesstransceiver (e.g. transmitter or receiver), as disclosed herein. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the vent/register/damper can include a wireless powersignal transceiver and a wireless control or information signaltransceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as awireless power signal source or target or as a wireless control orinformation signal source or target. For example, the wirelesstransceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slave node (e.g.wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signal broadcaster,wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signal repeater,wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal range extender)in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobiledevices or stationary devices) or an independent, master, or slave node(e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot, wireless controlor informational signal broadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or information signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the vent/register/damper can be combinedwith all embodiments, devices, systems, features, or components thereof,as disclosed herein, and can be used to perform all methods, processes,algorithms, or sequences, as disclosed herein.

FIG. 44 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a cover of a skillet or potaccording to this disclosure. In particular, a cover (e.g. circular,oval, square, polygonal) includes an opening (e.g. circular, oval,square, polygonal) therethrough. The opening can be centrallypositioned, off-center, or along a periphery (e.g. perimeter,circumference) of the cover. The cover is unitary (e.g. cast, molded, 3Dprinted) with or assembled (e.g. fastened, mated, interlocked) with ashaft (e.g. rectilinear, arcuate, sinusoidal). The shaft is internallyhollow and has an upper open-end portion (e.g. circular, oval, square,polygonal) and a lower open-end portion (e.g. circular, oval, square,polygonal). The shaft can include metal, glass, silicon, rubber, wood,ceramic, shape memory, thermally insulating material, or others. Theshaft is rigid, but can be flexible, resilient, or elastic. The loweropen-end portion is exposed to the opening (e.g. fluid communication,faces) such that if a food item (e.g. vegetable, meat) is dropped fromthe upper open-end portion toward the lower open-end portion, then thefood item falls into a skillet or a pot on which the cover rests. Theshaft can host a hatch or trapdoor (e.g. sliding, hinged, elastic,resilient, rigid, flexible, solid, perforated) at or between the upperopen-end portion and the lower open-end portion, whether internally orexternally. The hatch or trapdoor can include rubber, silicon, metal,wood, or other suitable materials. Likewise, the cover can host thehatch or trapdoor. Therefore, if the skillet or pot has a hot oil, thenthe cover reduces a splatter of the hot oil, while the shaft reduceslikelihood of the splatter. The cover hosts a plurality of U-shaped,C-shaped, or D-shaped handles such that the shaft is positioned betweenthe handles. Note that a single handle is possible as well, whether thehandle extends from the cover or the shaft. The upper open-end portioncan be covered with a cap. Note that more than one shaft can be used.

FIGS. 45a and 45b shows a plurality of embodiments of an electroniccigarette according to this disclosure. In particular, an electroniccigarette includes a handheld electronic device that simulates a feel ofsmoking by heating a liquid (e.g. e-liquid) to generate an aerosol (e.g.vapor) that a user inhales. For example, the liquid includes nicotine,propylene glycol, glycerine, a flavoring, or others. The electroniccigarette can include a mouthpiece, a cartridge (tank), a heatingelement/atomizer, a microprocessor, a battery, a transceiver, a sensor,a distal end light source, a temperature control device, a load device,or others, as disclosed herein. The atomizer comprises a small heatingelement, or coil, that vaporizes e-liquid and wicking material thatdraws liquid onto the coil. When the user pushes a button, or (in somevariations) activates a pressure sensor by inhaling, then the heatingelement atomizes the liquid solution. The e-liquid reaches a temperatureof roughly 100-250° C. within a chamber to create an aerosolized vapor,which the user then inhales. The aerosol provides a flavor and feelsimilar to tobacco smoking. There can be several types of electroniccigarettes: cigalikes, looking like cigarettes; eGos, bigger thancigalikes with refillable liquid tanks; and mods, assembled from basicparts or by altering existing products.

The electronic cigarette can include variable power/watt or voltagedevices. Variable power and/or variable voltage have an electronic chipallowing the user to adjust at least some power applied to the heatingelement. The amount of power applied to the coil affects the heatproduced, thus changing the vapor output. Greater heat from the coilincreases vapor production. Variable power devices monitor the coil'sresistance and automatically adjust the voltage to apply theuser-specified level of power to the coil. The variable power/watt orvoltage devices can be rectangular but can also be cylindrical. Thevariable power/watt or voltage devices can have a screen to showinformation, such as voltage, power, and resistance of the coil. Toadjust the settings, the user presses buttons or rotates a dial to turnthe power up or down. Some of these devices can include additionalsettings through their menu system such as: atomizer resistance meter,remaining battery voltage, puff counter, wireless charging level, meshnetwork information, and power-off or lock. The power source can includea rechargeable lithium-ion battery but others are possible (e.g. anon-rechargeable battery or a replaceable battery that is eitherrechargeable or non-rechargeable for power). For example, the batterycan include nickel-cadmium (NiCad), nickel metal-hydride (NiMh), lithiumion (Li-ion), alkaline and lithium polymer (Li-poly), and lithiummanganese (LiMn) batteries, which can also be used for any otherbatteries as disclosed herein. The electronic cigarette can be housed ina portable chargeable or charging case for recharging (e.g. wired,wireless far distance, wireless near distance, Qi standard).

Note that although the portable chargeable or charging case is describedin context of electronic cigarettes, the portable chargeable or chargingcase can be used or adapted for use in any context on any device orgood, as disclosed herein. For example, the medical device or Christmasdecoration or others, as disclosed herein, can be charged or rechargedwithin the portable chargeable or charging case. Further, note that theportable chargeable or charging case can be cylindrical, spherical,ovoid, cube, cuboid, polygons, or others.

The electronic cigarette (or any component thereof) or the portablechargeable or charging case (or any component thereof) can be stationary(e.g. anchored, secured, mated, or fastened to a wall, floor, or ceilingor another device) or mobile. The electronic cigarette (or any componentthereof) or the portable chargeable or charging case (or any componentthereof) can operate as a control panel or a load device, as disclosedherein. The electronic cigarette (or any component thereof) or theportable chargeable or charging case (or any component thereof) caninclude a sensor, as disclosed herein (e.g. battery, capacitor, or mainspowered). The sensor can trigger any input or output action of an inputdevice or an output device of the electronic cigarette (or any componentthereof) or the portable chargeable or charging case (or any componentthereof). The electronic cigarette (or any component thereof) or theportable chargeable or charging case (or any component thereof) caninclude a controller, as disclosed herein, and a user interface, asdisclosed herein, where the controller is electrically coupled to theuser interface, as disclosed herein. The electronic cigarette (or anycomponent thereof) or the portable chargeable or charging case (or anycomponent thereof) can include a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitteror receiver), as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan on any internal or external portion of the electronic cigarette (orany component thereof) or the portable chargeable or charging case (orany component thereof). For example, the wireless transceiver can bepositioned within about 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10, 6/19, 7/10, 8/10,or 9/10 of longitudinal length from the mouthpiece or at an end portiondistal to the mouthpiece. The wireless transceiver, as any wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein, can be extend rectilinearly,non-rectilinearly, arcuate, circular, sinusoidal, helical, polka dotmanner, zigzag, pulse, sawtooth, or other manners along an outer orinner surface of the electronic cigarette (inclusive any componentthereof). The user interface or the controller can control the wirelesstransceiver, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wirelesspower signal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceivercan be configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the electronic cigarette (or any component thereof) or theportable chargeable or charging case (or any component thereof) caninclude a wireless power signal transceiver and a wireless control orinformation signal transceiver. For example, the wireless transceivercan operate as a wireless power signal source or target or as a wirelesscontrol or information signal source or target. For example, thewireless transceiver can operate as an independent, master, or slavenode (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot, wireless power signalbroadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster, wireless power signalrepeater, wireless power signal booster, or wireless power signal rangeextender) in a wireless charging mesh network (e.g. wirelessly chargeother mobile devices or stationary devices) or an independent, master,or slave node (e.g. wireless control or informational signal hotspot,wireless control or informational signal broadcaster, wireless controlor informational signal rebroadcaster, wireless control or informationalsignal repeater, wireless control or information signal booster, orwireless control or informational signal range extender) in a wirelesscontrol or informational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control othermobile devices or stationary devices). However, note that a wirelesscharging network or a wireless control or informational network can alsobe star-based or tree-based. Also, note that the electronic cigarette(or any component thereof) or the portable chargeable or charging case(or any component thereof) can be combined with all embodiments,devices, systems, features, or components thereof, as disclosed herein,and can be used to perform all methods, processes, algorithms, orsequences, as disclosed herein.

In some embodiments, a device, as any device disclosed herein, inclusiveof any component thereof, can operate as a control panel or a loaddevice, as disclosed herein. The device can include a housing, a case,an encasement, a casing, an enclosure, a frame, a member, a chassis, aplatform, a cable, a rope, a chain, a fabric, or others and can beequipped with or host all devices disclosed herein, component of alldevices disclosed herein, feature of all devices disclosed herein in allcombinatory manner or can be configured to perform all methods disclosedherein, algorithm disclosed herein, technique disclosed herein, processdisclosed herein in all combinatory manners. The device can include acontroller and a user interface, where the controller is electricallycoupled to the user interface, as disclosed herein. The device caninclude a sensor or a wireless transceiver (e.g. transmitter orreceiver), as disclosed herein. The sensor can trigger any input oroutput action of an input device or an output device of the device. Theuser interface or the controller can control the wireless transceiver,as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver can beconfigured to send a wireless power signal or receive a wireless powersignal, as disclosed herein. For example, the wireless transceiver canbe configured to send a wireless control or informational signal orreceive a wireless control or informational signal, as disclosed herein.For example, the device can include a wireless power signal transceiverand a wireless control or information signal transceiver. For example,the wireless transceiver can operate as a wireless power signal sourceor target or as a wireless control or information signal source ortarget. For example, the wireless transceiver can operate as anindependent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless power signal hotspot,wireless power signal broadcaster, wireless power signal rebroadcaster,wireless power signal repeater, wireless power signal booster, orwireless power signal range extender) in a wireless charging meshnetwork (e.g. wirelessly charge other mobile devices or stationarydevices) or an independent, master, or slave node (e.g. wireless controlor informational signal hotspot, wireless control or informationalsignal broadcaster, wireless control or informational signalrebroadcaster, wireless control or informational signal repeater,wireless control or informational signal booster, or wireless control orinformational signal range extender) in a wireless control orinformational mesh network (e.g. wirelessly control other mobile devicesor stationary devices). However, note that a wireless charging networkor a wireless control or informational network can also be star-based ortree-based. Also, note that the device can be combined with allembodiments, devices, systems, or components thereof as disclosed hereinand can be used to perform all methods, processes, algorithms, orsequences, as disclosed herein.

For example, the device can plug into a cigarette lighter port, acharging port, or a data port of vehicle, as disclosed herein. The dataport can include USB, Lightening, or others.

For example, the device can be hosted on a top portion (e.g. arcuatebar) of a steering wheel of a vehicle, as disclosed herein, when thesteering wheel is in a default straight position. The device can behosted on a vent of a vehicle, as disclosed herein, whether by frontseats, middle seats, side seats, or back seats, and enables a signalmesh (or star or tree) network within the vehicle, as disclosed herein.However, note that other parts of the vehicle, whether internal orexternal, can also host the device. Some of these parts include arear-view mirror (e.g. internal, external), a button, a knob, a handle(e.g. door, ceiling, fixed, pivoting), a visor, a gear or drive modeshift lever, dial, or button, (to switch gears or drive modes), a cupholder, a pedal, a steering wheel, a headrest (e.g. front, side, floor,ceiling, or back facing), a seat (e.g. back portion, flat portion), afloor, a ceiling, a window, a pillar, a seat belt, a buckle, a trunk, ahood, an engine, a gear system, a catalytic converter, a sensor, orothers.

For example, the device can include a smart fabric (e.g. interweavedfiber circuitry) where the processor, the memory, the sensor, thetransceiver, the receiver, or other devices, as disclosed herein, areinterweaved thereinto. Therefore, the device with the smart fabric cancommunicate with another device having another smart fabric. Thiscommunication can include control information or wireless power signals.For example, if a first wearable (e.g. sweater, shoe, shirt,undergarments) has the smart fabric and a second wearable (e.g. buttonedshirt, sock, sweater, pants) has the smart fabric, then the firstwearable can communicate with the second wearable or wirelessly chargethe second wearable or vice versa. Note that this is not limited towearables, but can be applied to bedding (e.g. pillowcases, pillows,blankets, comforters, sheets), napkins, curtains, cushions, furniturefabrics, vehicular seat or belt fabrics, toys, medical fabrics (e.g.patches, bandages) or others.

For example, the device can include a phone stand (e.g. L-shaped,T-shaped, V-shaped, U-shaped, D-shaped, F-shaped, S-shaped, C-shaped,butterfly, clamshell, hinged, magnetic, suction cupped, vehicular) or atablet stand (e.g. L-shaped, T-shaped, V-shaped, U-shaped, D-shaped,F-shaped, S-shaped, C-shaped, butterfly, clamshell, hinged, magnetic,suction cupped, vehicular). The phone stand or the tablet stand caninclude a chargeable battery, a first wireless power transceiver,whether near-field or far-field, and a second wireless powertransceiver, whether near-field or far-field. The battery can bewirelessly charged via the first wireless power transceiver (e.g.far-field). The phone stand or the tablet stand can wirelessly charge aphone or a tablet, respectively, from the battery via the secondwireless power transceiver (e.g. near-field) when the phone standsupports the phone or the tablet stand supports the tablet,respectively.

Aspects of this disclosure may be embodied as a system, a method, and/ora computer program product. Accordingly, some implementations of thisdisclosure may be embodied in an entirely hardware embodiment, anentirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software,micro-code, and so forth), or an embodiment combining software andhardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a“circuit,” “module” or “system.” Furthermore, some implementations ofthis disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodiedin a computer readable medium having computer readable program codeembodied thereon. The computer readable medium may be a computerreadable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium (including,but not limited to, non-transitory computer readable storage media). Thecomputer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limitedto, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, orsemiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combinationof the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of thecomputer readable storage medium would include an electrical connectionhaving a wire, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, arandom-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber,a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storagedevice, a magnetic storage device, or others. In the context of thisdisclosure, the computer readable storage medium may be any tangiblemedium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connectionwith an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computerreadable signal medium may include a propagated data signal withcomputer readable program code embodied therein, for example, inbaseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such propagated signal may takeany of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to,electro-magnetic, optical, or others. The computer readable signalmedium may be any computer readable medium that is not a computerreadable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate or transporta program for use by or in connection with an instruction executionsystem, an apparatus or a device. At least some program code embodied ona computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriatemedium, including but not limited to wireless, wired, optical fibercable, radio frequency, and so forth, or any suitable combination of theforegoing. Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspectsof this disclosure may be written in any combination of programminglanguages, including an object-oriented programming language, such asJava, Smalltalk, C #, C++ or others, and procedural programminglanguages, such as the “C” programming language or other programminglanguages, such as XML, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or others. The programcode may execute entirely on a user's computer, partly on the user'scomputer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user'scomputer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remotecomputer or server. In latter scenario, the remote computer may beconnected to the user's computer through any type of network, includinga local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or a connectionmay be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internetusing an Internet Service Provider).

This disclosure has been presented for purposes of illustration anddescription, but is not intended to be fully exhaustive or limited toform disclosed. Many modifications and variations in techniques andstructures will be apparent to skilled artisans without departing fromscope and spirit of this disclosure. Accordingly, such modifications andvariations are contemplated as being included in this disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A device comprising: a housing; a plurality ofprongs extending from the housing, wherein the prongs are configured forplugging into an electrical socket; and a far-field wireless powertransmitter housed via the housing.
 2. The device of claim 1, whereinthe far-field wireless power transmitter is a radio transmitter.
 3. Thedevice of claim 1, wherein the far-field wireless power transmitter is aline-of-sight transmitter.
 4. The device of claim 3, wherein the housingincludes an outer side from which the line-of-sight transmittertransmits.
 5. The device of claim 4, wherein the outer side is asidewall.
 6. The device of claim 4, wherein the outer side is a face. 7.The device of claim 4, wherein the outer side is a top side or a bottomside.
 8. The device of claim 1, further comprising: a sensor housed viathe housing.
 9. A device comprising: a housing that houses a far-fieldwireless power transmitter; and a tank secured to the housing, whereinthe tank stores a fluid.
 10. The device of claim 9, wherein thefar-field wireless power transmitter is a radio transmitter.
 11. Thedevice of claim 9, wherein the far-field wireless power transmitter is aline-of-sight transmitter.
 12. The device of claim 11, wherein thehousing includes an outer side from which the line-of-sight transmittertransmits.
 13. A device comprising: a vehicle; a far-field wirelesspower transmitter secured to the vehicle, wherein the far-field wirelesspower transmitter transmits a far-field wireless power signal; afar-field wireless power receiver secured to the vehicle, wherein thefar-field wireless power receiver receives the far-field wireless powersignal; and a sensor secured to the vehicle, wherein the sensor is usedin operation of the vehicle, wherein the sensor is connected to thefar-field wireless power receiver such that the sensor is powered viathe far-field wireless power signal.
 14. The device of claim 13, furthercomprising: a seatbelt secured to the vehicle, wherein the sensormonitors the seatbelt.
 15. The device of claim 13, further comprising: apump secured to the vehicle, wherein the sensor monitors the pump. 16.The device of claim 13, further comprising: a valve secured to thevehicle, wherein the sensor monitors the valve.
 17. The device of claim13, further comprising: a motor or an actuator secured to the vehicle,wherein the sensor monitors the motor or the actuator.
 18. The device ofclaim 13, wherein the sensor is an impact sensor.
 19. The device ofclaim 13, wherein the far-field wireless power signal is a radio signal.20. The device of claim 13, wherein the far-field wireless power signalis a line-of-sight signal.